AAbstract Art

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AAbstract Art
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Wassily Kandinsky
Kandinsky was a Russian painter who was famous
for creating abstract pictures with lots of
colors and shapes.He was the first famous
abstract artist!
He wanted people to enjoy the colors and the
shapes in his paintings. An he said that good art
does not have to look like something in a photo.
Abstract art can be beautiful too! What do you
think?
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Chuck CloseChuck Close is an artist that paints
in a very different style.His artwork looks very
real.
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Chuck Close
In 1988 Chuck Close became paralyzed and he is
now in a wheel chair. He did not have control of
his arms and hands to paint the perfect photos
that he did before
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Chuck Close
Instead of giving up on painting he decided to
try a new style! He started painting with a grid.
Up close his paintings look like squares and
blobs, but far away they look like portraits!
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Kandinsky Chuck Close
Some people think thatChuck Close might have
gotten the idea to do circles from the famous
painter namedWassily Kandinsky. What do you
think?
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Wassily Kandinsky
Kandinsky was a Russian painter who was famous
for creating abstract pictures with lots of
colors and shapes.He was the first famous
abstract artist!

1. Fold your 9x9 paper in half two times.
2. In pencil, write your name on the back, and trace
   your fold lines with pencil to make them darker.
3. Use oil pastels. Start in the middle with a small
   colored circle. Keep making bigger and bigger
   circles until each square is filled.
4. Color them in nice and dark!

If we put all of our drawings together they will
look like a giant Kandinsky painting!!!
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