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Friday, June 1, 2012

Mosaics inspired by Kandinsky's Circles

Posted by Nora at 12:43 PM

Labels: collage, color, kandinsky, mosaic, third and fourth grade

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AnonymousNovember 16, 2023 at 6:35 PM
How beautiful.
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