The Color Wheel

P=primary, S=secondary (make this by mixing 2 primary colors together),

T=tertiary (make by mixing a primary & secondary color together)

Warm Colors & Cool Colors

• How color affects the feel of a piece of art

Primary Color SchemeRoy Lichtenstein, 1962, Blam

Cool Color SchemePaul Cezanne, The Lake at Annecy, 1896

Warm Color SchemeGeorgia O’Keefe, Red Canna, 1923

WASSILY KANDINSKY(1866-1944)

• Born in Moscow Russia• Grew up in a cultured family and learned to play the

piano and the cello.• In 1866 at 20 years old, Wassily went to study law and

economics at the Moscow University.• He had many interests and had the gift of teaching

himself many different skills.

Early Years1886-1986

• Wassily Kandinsky began to practice law after college.

• In 1895, Kandinsky saw an art exhibit that was French Impressionists.

• He was upset because he could not clearly recognize some of the objects being painted.

• This also intrigued him.

1896

• Wassily Kandinsky, at 30, decided to start a new career.

• He attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, Germany

• Proof you can teach and old dog new tricks

One of Kandinsky’s First Paintings(1903)

Blue Rider Group(1911-1914)

• Kandinsky established himself fast through many art exhibits in Europe.

• Formed a group, in 1911, with other Expressionist painters and called themselves the Blue Riders.

• 1913• Kandinsky’s art

was very bright and colorful.

• Try to count the colors you see in this picture.

Abstract Painting1914-1921

• Kandinsky painted on color and design which he felt had meaning in themselves.

• He was a musician as well as an artist and thought if complex paintings as symphonies.

ABSTRACT

QUOTES

• Color is the key. The eye is the hammer. The piano is with many chords. The artist is the hand that, by touching this or that key, sets the soul vibrating automatically.

• Objects damage pictures.• Of all the arts abstract painting is the most difficult. It

demands that you know how to draw well, that you have a heightened sensitivity for composition and for colors, and that you be a true poet.

This is what we are doing today….

Kandinsky Color Wheels