Kandinsky color theory

It's unfortunate that most of the color theorists since Chevreul have been abstract painters rather than representational ones. I like to t...

Another variation on the Kandinsky circles paintings theme. Last time we used polymer clay, while on this post I'd like to share a painting activity using rice paper (Xuan paper) and gouache.

I was reading a book about Georgia O’Keeffe, when I studied that Georgia, Stieglitz and his friends were strongly influenced by Kandinsky’s theories and paintings. I was very curious to…

As a newbie designer - whether you've graduated from design college or courses, or whether you're self-taught.

Wassily Kandinsky, Theory of Three Primary Colors Applied to the Three Elementary Forms. This image was printed in Staatliches Weimar in 1923.

Design history is partly built on design books and ephemera. Organizing, categorizing and analyzing these materials are essential to the documentation of our past. For those who have built design libraries with the rarities purchased from Irving Oaklander, who passed away last year, you won’t want to miss the forthcoming Swann Auction, “Art, Press & Illustrated Books Featuring Graphic Design & Typography from the Inventory of the Late Irving Oaklander” (Sale # 2313) on May 9,

Wassily Kandinsky. Color id by ChipIt

Graphite and gouache on paper. 32 x 32 cm. Vassily Kandinsky Papers, 1911‚ 1940. The Getty Research Institute, 850910

Just filled in a colour schemes chart tonight for my new Year 11's tomorrow. Those of you who are experienced artists probably know all about these anyway, but there may be some who dont, so I'm popping a copy on my blog just for you! Its amazing what colours will actually go together! You need a tertiary colour wheel to do this with, so if you dont know how to do one of those let me know and I can pop one of those on, plus let you know how they are constructed. A good idea is to have the…