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Kandinsky: Painting Music

A song translated into lines, shapes and colours.

Age: Ages 6–12
Time: 25–35 minutes
Format: A4 PDF

Hear how the mission begins

Family £0.99 Sheet + grown-up guide (2 pages). For personal and family use. Classroom £1.99 + classroom page: 45-minute lesson, variations, National Curriculum links. Photocopy for your pupils.

Instant PDF after payment, also by e-mail · Print as often as you like

Part of the Artists Pack: 5 missions for £2.99.

What’s inside

The mission sheet, illustrated by Barti
The grown-up guide: materials, preparation, what it develops, questions for afterwards
An easier and a harder version
A QR code: Barti tells the mission out loud

Materials

A sheet of white paper
Coloured pencils, felt-tips or paints
A song to listen to (phone, radio or computer)

What it develops

Meeting an artist — discovers Wassily Kandinsky, the painter who “saw” music
Listening — listens carefully to the rhythm, volume and mood of a piece
Expression — translates sounds and feelings into colours, lines and shapes
Abstract art — discovers that a picture can tell something without showing real things