With Guest Artists: Maya Mariscal: age 13, Andrew Ohara: age 12, Johnny Pires: age 12, Austin Orlando: age 13

love art history and whenever I get the chance I like to incorporate it into an inspiration for an art project. Kandinsky always fascinated me because he could see sound. He is also credited to be one of the pioneers of abstraction in western art. Some of his most famous work is based on circles.

Before I started the art project I talked about Kandinsky and showed examples of his work. We used oil pastel on black paper and oil pastel on watercolor paper with a watercolor wash to achieve 2 works of art based on this inspiration. Give it a try with one technique or both. It’ s Fun! Let’ s get started.

SUPPLIES: Oil Pastel on Black Paper

• Black Paper

• Oil Pastels

• Ruler

Image 0: Kandinsky Inspiration Painting Image 1: Austin uses ruler to divide six equal squares on black paper Image 2: Maya and Austin begin to fill in each square with bright colors with circles that are irregular in shape and size. Image 3: Andrew & Johnny use their fingers to blend the colors. Everyone uses their imagination and each is bright and beautiful! Image 4: Left to right: Austin Orlando, age 13, Johnny Pires, age 12, Andrew Ohara, age 12, Maya Mariscal, age 13.

BEAUTIFUL, CREATIVE AND WONDERFULLY DIFFERENT! GREAT JOB EVERYONE!

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