1. Wassily Kandinsky and COLOR

2. Wassily Kandinsky Kandinsky was born in Russia in 1866.
He is known to have created one of the first purely abstract works.
Besides art, he studied law and economics and later became a professor at the University in Moscow.
He then spent time teaching in Germany. During the war he moved to France and spent the rest of his life, finally becoming a French citizen.
Kandinsky died in France in 1944.

3. Kandinsky & Color
Kandinsky recalled being fascinated by color as a child. His fascination with color symbolism and psychology continued as he grew.
He taught himself various musical instruments.
"Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the hammers, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand which plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul". -Kandinsky

4. Let’s start at the beginning… COLOR!
Basic Color Wheel

5. Warm and Cool Tones
Mark Rothko paintings

6. Primary and Secondary Colors

7. Tertiary colors and fun with mixing colors!

8. Now it’s your turn! Kandinsky’s Concentric Circles

9. Tear or cut paper to make Kandinsky style circles
or you can…

10. Paint Kandinsky concentric circles

11. Oil or Chalk Pastels

12. Or you can add your own style!