I am posting this Wassily Kandinsky artwork entitled “Colour Studies : Squares with Concentric Circles” to inspire our Grade 3 and 4 students. They will use oil pastels to create their own version of his work. Kandinsky (1866- 1944) is thought of as a founder of Abstract Art. It will be interesting to see the effects which the students will be able to achieve using our new packets of 48 colours of oil pastels from Zart Art. There are lots more ideas for Kandinsky inspired artwork on the Art Projects for Kids Blog. We enjoyed this great YouTube video which shows many of Kandinsky’s paintings set to music. We think they left the best until last.
I was born in Bendigio, Victoria, Australia and attended a 13 student Rural School, Muskerry East Primary. I was a boarder at Girton CEGGS in Bendigo for my seconday Schooling.I trained at Bendigo and Coburg Teachers Colleges before beginning teaching in Melbourne in 1975. I taught a variety of Primary classes before beginning Art teaching in 1986. I am currently in my 26th year of teaching Visual Arts and my 24th year at Taylors Lakes Primary School which is in outer north-west Melbourne, Australia. I am married with three children and outside teaching am a keen member of Rotary International. Besides my passion for Art I have keen interests in photography, travel and in Learning Technologies.
