Thursday, 23 July 2009
Squares with Concentric Circles
Last week I brought some good quality watercolour paints for Kyla. I also got a great book out of the library, called Usbourne Art Treasury. It has short biographies of famous artists, a sample of their work, and an activity to recreate that work. Tonight she picked out Wassily Kandinsky's 'Squares with Concentric Circles'.
First she made the different rings using pastels.
I couldn't find my palatte, so I ended up using an empty ice tray.
Next it was time to carefully paint each circle with a different watercolour.
And the end result....
Beautiful!
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Rude words sniff and pick their noses,
Sly words come dressed as foxes,
Short words stand on cardboard boxes,
Common words tell jokes and gabble,
Complicated words play Scrabble,
Swear words stamp around and shout,
Hard words stare eachother out,
Foreign words look lost and shrug,
Careless words trip on the rug,
Long words slouch with stooping shoulders,
Code words carry secret folders,
Silly words flick rubber bands,
Hyphenated words hold hands,
Strong words show off, bending metal,
Sweet words call each other 'petal',
Small words yawn and suck their thumbs,
Till at last the morning comes,
Kind words give out farewell posies....
Snap! The dictionary closes.
-RICHARD EDWARDS.
23 comments:
these are beautiful and vibrant! So glad to see you here, Hay.
xox
I LOVE these. Instant art! Put them to work now, for (free) Christmas gifts come December.
Man you rock Hay.
Stunning! Hay, I'm so excited you have this blog going, I've just skimmed through your last posts and there is so much colour, inspiration, fun and creativity. Thank you for sharing your wonderful ideas and what a lovely record for the children to look back on to. Best wishes to you all, Love, Sarah x
Thanks for dropping by my lovely friends :)
Thanks Debra :)
Ha, so clever Mel, thanks!
No, YOU rock Nik :)
Thanks Sarah, you are such a sweetheart.
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