Paint to the Music!

Second grade classes have been learning all about non-objective art, or art that uses only shapes and lines, as opposed to realistic imagery.

Students completed a collaborative drawing to brainstorm all different types of lines and shapes. As we passed our drawings around the room and added onto eachothers', it was so interesting to see our drawings transform before our eyes!

We then viewed the paintings of artist Vasily Kandinsky and searched for non-objective shape and line in his work. We discussed how his paintings were inspired by his passion for music which really shows in his use of line, shape and color.

 

 

Students then did a non-objective drawing of their own while listening to classical music. It was so cool to see how different these drawings were while using the same music as inspiration! Stay tuned to see the finished painting!