Summit Hill ElementaryArt EDventures

“Super Squircles”Kindergarten/Geometric Shapes I

Wassily Kandinsky

Brought to you by S.H.E. PTA

1PLEASE NOTE: This presentation is to be used for educational purposes only. Do not reproduce.

Shape SharpenerLet’s take a minute to review some shapes. Then we’ll go on a “hunt” to find them during today’s Art EDventure!

•O.k. class help me! What shape is this….?•Hit enter for blue shape name•Hit enter for the next shape•Hit enter for yellow shape name-

(after kids label it.)•Het enter for the green shape•Hit enter for shape name-

(after the kids label it.)•Hit enter for red shape and name!

Good! Now we are ready to go shape searching!

squareCircleTriangle

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Meet Wassily Kandinsky

1866-1944

“Everything starts from a dot.”

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“V”assily• Wassily Kandinsky was born in

Odessa, Russia a very long time ago. (About the time your great grandparents were alive!)

• People from Russia say his

name with a “V” or Vassily. Can you say it like a Russian?

• When he was your age, he went to a classical gymnasium. That’s a funny Russia term for elementary school. That’s when he discovered that he had a zeal for art and music.

Odessa, Russia

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Painting Music

• Wassily Kandinsky was one smart guy! As a young adult, he was a very, very successful Law Professor.

• Then, he became a very, very successful Art Professor known for “painting music.”

• To Wassisly, a simple painting was like a musical solo (a song played by one instrument.)

• Likewise, a painting with a lot of lines, colors and shapes was like a song played by many instruments.

“Circles In A Circle”

If this painting was music, would one instrument or many instru-ments be playing? Why? 5

Kandinsky’s Creativity

• Kandinsky liked to paint things from his imagination. As you can see, his mind was full of lines, shapes, colors and songs!

• Some people loved his art, others thought is was goofy. Some people even wanted it destroyed!

• One Kindergartener liked Wassily’s art because she thought this painting looked like “time exploding.”

• What do YOU think? • Do you like this painting? • Why or why not?

“Composition VIII”

What do you hear?

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Shape SearchLook at Wassily’s painting and find these geometric shapes:

-Circle-Half Circle-Square-Triangle-Rectangle

Now look again, can you find parts of his painting where he combined these shapes together?

(Hit enter and several shape combinations will be highlighted)

“Tension In Height”

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Delicious Color• Some of his paintings didn’t have a lot

of geometric shapes-like this one. But it is full of fantastic colors.

• As a child, he would go into buildings in Russia, just to look at all the “delicious” colors. That is why he put a lot of them into his art.

• Can you name some colors he used in this painting?

“Sea Battle” by Kandinsky 8

Lots of Lines• Wassily used lots of lines too!

• Can you find thesedifferent kinds?– Straight– Wavy– Curvy– Zig Zag

Some lines are missing:– Dotted – Spiral

“Yellow, Red & Blue”

After the kids are done with their line hunt , hit enter 4 x’s and each time they will be revealed. 9

Super “Squircles”

This painting is called “Color Study.” Can you find the geometric combination in it?

(Hit enter)

Yes! There are several circles inside each other. All the circles are inside a square. And many squares are inside a rectangle!

Now it is your turn to paint music like Kandinsky! “Color Study-

Square with Concentric Circle”

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Art EDventures Sample

We will turn on some tunes and each one of you will paint a deliciously colorful watercolor “squircle!”

What are “squircles?”Why…circles inside a square piece of paper!

Then we’ll put all our “squircles” together to make a class Kandinsky!

Class “Squircles”

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Project Art EDventures

• Choose a color copy of a Kandinsky circle.

• Grab a white square of wet/dry media paper.

• Get a rectangular box of watercolor paints.

• Fill both your round cups with water.

• Listen to the music and have fun!

• Before you begin, sign your name then “Draw the Paw” so others know it is a PTA Art EDventures creation.

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Supply List• “Class Kit” of Crayola watercolor paints with brush.

• Wet/Dry Media Paper- cut into 6” x 6” squares.

• Water Bowls and Cups. Place the small cup inside the large bowl and fill both with water. Tell the kids to use the inside cup for dirty water and the outside cup for clean water.

• Paper Towels- show the kids how they can use the paper towel to clean their brushes between colors.

• Laminate-please laminate all your “squircles” before displaying. You may use the laminating machine in the copy room.

• Black Roll Paper- to mount your class Kandinsky!

• TIP-Have the kids paint their “squircle” starting from the inside out like a target. This seems to help keep keep them from smearing the paint a bit more than usual!

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G.P.S. Ties

MKG1 Students will correctly name simple two and three dimensional figures, and recognize them in the environment.

a.Recognize and name the following basic two-dimensional figures: triangles, rectangles, squares, and circles.b.Recognize and name the following three-dimensional figures: spheres (balls) and cubes.c. Observe concrete objects in the environment and represent the objects using basic shapes, such as drawing a representation of a house using a square together with a triangle for the roof.d. Combine basic shapes into basic and more complicated shapes, and will decompose basic shapes into combinations of basic shapes.e. Compare geometric shapes and identify similarities and differences of the following two and three-dimensional shapes: triangles, rectangles, squares, circles, spheres, and cubes.

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• Dear Mom, Dad or Caretaker,

• I took an Art EDventure today called “Super Squircles.” What is a “squircle” you ask? It’s Art Edventure’s way of making learning about geometric combinations fun! “Squircles” are circles painted inside a square piece of paper!

• We learned about an artist from Russia named Wassily Kandinsky. Then we went hunting for shapes, lines and colors in his paintings.

• Ask me about my fun watercolor project! I painted a “squircle” of my very own. Then we put them all together to make a class version of a Kandinsky painting.

Wassily Kandinsky “Color Study-Square With Concentric Circles

Wassily Kandinsky Color Composition IX

• Dear Mom, Dad or Caretaker,

• I took an Art EDventure today called “Super Squircles.” What is a “squircle” you ask? It’s Art Edventure’s way of making learning about geometric combinations fun! “Squircles” are circles painted inside a square piece of paper!

• We learned about an artist from Russia named Wassily Kandinsky. Then we went hunting for shapes, lines and colors in his paintings.

• Ask me about my fun watercolor project! I painted a “squircle” of my very own. Then we put them all together to make a class version of a Kandinsky painting.

Wassily Kandinsky “Color Study-Square With Concentric Circles

Wassily Kandinsky Color Composition IX

Art EDventuresMade possible with your donations to S.H.E.’s PTA

Art EDventuresMade possible with your donations to S.H.E.’s PTA

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