Wassily Kandinsky
One single hue is the general expression of how people conceive colour. But colour can be interesting even as a monochrome by adding tints and shades to it. Variants of the same hue in the form of tints and shades can add interest and depth to a work of art. This is what the Art students have attempted to do at our school.
The Russian-born painter Wassily Kandinsky is credited as a leader in avant-garde art as one of the founders of pure abstraction in painting in the early 20th century.
Kandinsky viewed non-objective, abstract art as the ideal visual mode to express the "inner necessity" of the artist and to convey universal human emotions and ideas. He viewed himself as a prophet whose mission was to share this ideal with the world for the betterment of society.
http://www.theartstory.org/artist-kandinsky-wassily.htm
http://www.biography.com/people/wassily-kandinsky-9359941#death-and-legacy
Using Tints and Shades
The following Art Gallery shows the work of Form Art students as inspired by Wassily Kandinsky. They were asked to use just one colour and its tints and shades to create a picture that includes shapes.