![]() In our unit of study with Vincent Van Gogh students looked at his painting of Starry Night for inspiration for our woven stars. Our classed watched a video and they learned that Vincent Van Gogh used balls of yarn to experiment with color. Instead of using paint he used yarn which he could reuse each time he started a new painting. In our woven starry stars students used a variety of yellows, whites, oranges, and greys. These weavings will be displayed near our Starry Night inspired landscapes.
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Circles within a circle and color and colors! Kandinsky's collection of circles is a really fun and inspiring piece of expressionist art work. It has color and shape and the variety of the use of both art elements is endless. When you combine painting with weaving there are many different choices in color, texture, and design. ![]() Materials Paint, Tempera/Acrylic Brushes Chinet Paper plate Yarn Scissors Inspiration Kandinsky was a Russian born artist who made his name working in Germany in an art style called Expressionism. Expressionists wanted to use art to express their feelings and emotions, usually through bold use of line and color. Kandinsky studied law and economics in school, and was very successful in his career, but he also loved art, and eventually decided to do art full time, even becoming an art teacher. As a child he was also interested in music, learning to play both the piano and the cello, and this was an interest that inspired a lot of his art. In fact, many of his paintings were titled as if they were songs or musical works, like "Composition" and "Improvisation." Kandinsky was inspired by was COLOR. He felt that color could convey emotion even without showing any particular object or figure. Color on its own could tell the story of his art. Kandinsky was one of the first artists who painted purely ABSTRACT works of art, meaning he abandoned any reference to recognizable reality in his work. Vocabulary
Expressionist-, artistic style in which the artist seeks to depict not objective reality but rather the subjective emotions and responses that objects and events arouse within a person, often through color choices. Weaving- The craft or action of forming fabric structure by interlacing threads/yarn. |
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