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Welcome to Your Gifted Learner. My name is Robin Norgren, M.A. and I am here to help make Montessori philosophy more relevant in the classroom.
Piet Mondrian Elementary Art Lesson Pre-K to 6th Grade
Josey’s Art School
Presents
Studying Art with the Masters
By
Robin Norgren, M.A.
Contemporary Art: Piet Mondrian
By
Composition II
Discussion
-In Piet Mondrian groundbreaking paintings of
the 1920s, Mondrian strictly limited his color palette to black, white, and the
three primary colors: red, yellow, and blue.
-Mondrian attempted to represent the world through vertical and horizontal
lines which to him represented the two opposing forces: the positive and the
negative, the dynamic and the static, the masculine and the feminine.
-Mondrian was a founding member of De Stijl, an influential Dutch art movement
that advocated pure abstraction to express a utopian ideal of universal
harmony.
Source: http://fineartists.blogspot.com/2012/05/piet-mondrian-abstraction-and-his-trees.html
Materials needed
Pencil (to write the child’s name on the back of the work)
Black pen (optional)
8.5x11 piece of copy paper. If you plan on painting the drawing it would be best to use a heavier grade paper.
This is a lesson that can be adapted in many ways depending on the age and skill level of your classroom.
Optional: markers/crayons/colored pencils/watercolors- I am showing two examples: tempura paint with construction paper and ALL construction paper
Blue/red/yellow construction paper cut into rectangles
Blue/red/yellow tempura paint
Sponges cut into squares
Black construction paper cut into thin strips
Glue
scissors
Aprons
Length of Time/Duration of project:
30-40 minutes
Prep work:
Gather the materials
Create a sample
Pre-cut construction paper rectangles and strips
Draw rectangles on white paper as a template for where to place the construction paper rectangles or sponge paint.
This should take no more than about 20 -30 minutes
Instructions
1. Take your piece of paper that you are using as the base for the project and write the child’s name on the back of the paper or let them write their names on their own.
2. I am going to start with the painting option: students use the paint and the sponges to stamp inside the rectangles on the page.
3. Use the black construction paper strips to frame the painted rectangles.
COLLAGE OPTION:
1. Cut red, yellow and blue construction strips into rectangles.
Glue various colors of rectangles on the page – make sure to spread them out. Frame with black construction paper strips.
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