The artist worked in a wide range of materials and painted on canvas, board, wood, plywood, glass, compressed board, canvas-board, and in media of his own making. Kandinsky's choice of vivid colors and pigments is legendary. He employed oil, watercolor, gouache, tempera, and possibly mixtures of these media.

What painting techniques did Kandinsky use?

He employed oil, watercolor, gouache, tempera, and possibly mixtures of these media. The entire group of paintings would be examined and documented, and cross-sections would be made, where appropriate, in order to understand the layer structure of Kandinsky's paintings.

How does Kandinsky make his work?

Conceived for the theatre, Kandinsky created experimental performance-based expressions of synesthesia–The Yellow Sound being the most famous–which utilized original musical scores, lighting, and various media to explore prevalent color theories of the time.