Adopt an Artist (Extravayarnza)

I'm really excited about my new piece in my painting class. This is the first painting that I've wanted to do (I'm a pastelist at heart, so this is a big step for painting).
The assignment is 'Adopt an Artist'. In this particular case it entails choosing an abstract artist, spending some time studying them to find out who they are/were, what was going on that influenced them, and why their painting look the way they do, then finally painting a painting in their style.
Since I'm a big fan of non-objective art & the Bauhaus movement I choose Wassily Kandinsky. In particular I'm basing my painting on his work during the Bauhaus movement.
Technically this piece is from a few years after he left Bauhaus, but it's a good example of the feel I'm going for~

1936-Counter Gravitation Kandinsky

I'm concentrating on the colors gray, black, white, and red & am making use of his favored shapes; the circle, half circle, and the line.

So today I got to work on my huge canvas (36x48" certainly the biggest thing I've ever painted).

I layed in a graduated background & began adding the shapes. I wasn't adventures enough tonight to tackle the circles, but I got some good advice from my instructor & I'm looking forward to Monday's class!