Swap the squares for a heart and we have a brand new Kandinsky Heart Art Project for kids to try this Valentine’s!
Kandinsky’s famous concentric circles’ painting is a fabulous source of inspiration for kids and is often used by art teachers to explore colour mixing concepts. This simplified version is all about playing with colour combinations and as your Arty Crafty Kids work through the process, they will discover their favoured palette.
Kandinsky Heart Art Project: Materials
White Card Stock
Black Crayon or Oil Pastel
Watercolour Palette
Black Paint
The Heart Template is available exclusively to Arty Crafty Kids Club members.
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Kandinsky Heart Art Project: Video Tutorial
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Kandinsky Heart Art Project: Tutorial
Step 1:
Download and print the Heart Template onto white card stock.
The template can be accessed via the Arty Crafty Kids club!
Step 2:
Using a black crayon or oil pastel, begin filling the heart with circles.
The circles can be large, small, wonky and may just about resemble a circle – the shapes and their presentation is entirely up to your Arty Crafty Kids.
The challenge is to fill the white space with as many circles as possible!
Step 3:
Once the white space is full, begin filling the empty circles with watercolour paint.
In the spirit of Kandinsky’s Circles, play with different colour combinations and paint circles within circles.
Perhaps fill some with cool shades and others with warm. Mix and match the two to create bold contrasts.
Try mixing colours to create brand new shades!
Step 4:
If your Arty Crafty Kids are using watercolours, there are a couple of techniques they may enjoy exploring…
They could experiment with a wet-on-wet application, whereby a light layer of water is spread across the paper first with the paint applied on top.
Alternatively, or as well as, they can mix water directly with the paints. The amount of water used will affect the vibrancy of the colour i.e. less water will create bolder colours; more water will create lighter shades and are more likely to blend with surrounding colours.
Step 5:
Continue filling the circles until complete.
Step 6:
Fill the remaining white space around the circles (also known as negative space) with black paint (or a black crayon/pen).
Of course your Arty Crafty Kids are welcome to fill the white space with any colour of their choosing, however for the purpose of contrast, we opted for black.
Once all the white space has been replaced with black, the Kandinsky Heart Art Project is complete!
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I hope your Arty Crafty Kids enjoy this Kandinsky Heart Art Project. Using the same template, younger children may enjoy the ‘Circle Heart Art Project’ version
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