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Wassily Kandinsky

Studio Session Learning Target: I will create a drawing inspired by the paintings of Wassily Kandinsky.

E.Q.: How does music influence you when you work?

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Studio Session Learning Target:  I will create drawings to music using the Elements of Line, Shape, and Color to show what I hear.

Day 1: Do Now:

How can I draw music using the art elements of Line, Shape, and Color?

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I see…

I think/know…

???

How do you describe the Art Elements you see?

Lines:

Shape:

Color:

What do you notice?

What does this make you think of and why?

What do you think the artist is trying to tell you?

What questions do you still have?

I wonder….

LT: I will create a drawing inspired by the paintings of Wassily Kandinsky.

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Wassily Kandinsky was born on December 16, 1866, about 150 years ago. He was born in a country named Russia.

LT: I will create a drawing inspired by the paintings of Wassily Kandinsky.

E.Q.: How does music influence you when you work?

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When Kandinsky was a child, he said he heard his paintbox hissing when he mixed his colors.

LT: I will create a drawing inspired by the paintings of Wassily Kandinsky.

E.Q.: How does music influence you when you work?

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Some people think Kandinsky had a condition that allows someone to appreciate sounds, colors or words with two or more senses at the same time. In his case, colors and painted marks triggered particular sounds or musical notes and vice versa.

LT: I will create a drawing inspired by the paintings of Wassily Kandinsky.

E.Q.: How does music influence you when you work?

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This ability to hear color or see music is caused from an accidental cross-wiring in the brain. It is found in one in 2,000 people, and in many more women than men.

LT: I will create a drawing inspired by the paintings of Wassily Kandinsky.

E.Q.: How does music influence you when you work?

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Kandinsky said, “Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul.”

LT: I will create a drawing inspired by the paintings of Wassily Kandinsky.

E.Q.: How does music influence you when you work?

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Kandinsky learned to play the cello. He said the sound of the cello reminded him of deep blue colors.

LT: I will create a drawing inspired by the paintings of Wassily Kandinsky.

E.Q.: How does music influence you when you work?

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Richard Wagner, a German composer, was another influence on Kandinsky.

LT: I will create a drawing inspired by the paintings of Wassily Kandinsky.

E.Q.: How does music influence you when you work?

 

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In this project you will listen to Kandinsky’s favorite composers and create your own abstract art using the art elements of line, shape, and color.

LT: I will create a drawing inspired by the paintings of Wassily Kandinsky.

E.Q.: How does music influence you when you work?

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Studio Session Learning Target:  I will create drawings to music using the Elements of Line, Shape, and Color to show what I hear.

Day 2: Do Now:

How can I draw music using the art elements of Line, Shape, and Color?

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Drawing to Music