1st Grade - Kandinsky Inspired Trees

1st Grade students learned about the artist Wassily Kandinsky and abstract art. They created beautiful, abstract trees with mixed media.

Objectives:

• Identify artwork from the artist Wassily Kandinsky
• Identify abstract art
• Create an abstract tree inspired by Kandinsky

Vocabulary: abstract, horizon line, mixed media, pattern

Lesson:

• Day 1: Paint sky and ground
• Day 2: Using small cups, paint circles in the background. (I used a small art utility cups for the large circles and a medicine cup for the small circles.)
• Day 3: Create tree
• Cut and glue the tree onto the background
• Using circle stencils, students draw, cut, and glue circles (2-3 sizes) onto the tree branches. (For the sake of time, you may have some older students trace circles onto various colored paper ahead of time.)