Primary Colors and Mondrian

Kinder art students are studying the element of color in art class.  We started by looking at the artist Piet Mondrian, and watched this fun video that shows many of the Dutch artist's artworks:

https://youtu.be/iSCmWnIoRpI

Students then chose different sizes of rectangles and squares in the primary colors: red, yellow, and blue.  Students arranged and glued the shapes to their white papers. The only thing missing were the black lines!  Instead of drawing or painting the lines on, students printed them with pieces of cardboard and thick tempera paint. A new and fun way to add lines!

Check out the finished artwork here on Artsonia, our online student art museum!

http://www.artsonia.com/museum/gallery.asp?project=1012391

Kinder Mondrian Collage Prints

Kinder artists are studying Piet Mondrian and his primary color compositions. We looked at several of his paintings and talked about the shapes, lines, and color that we noticed:rectangles, squares, rhombus, straight lines, primary colors, black, and white. Students then used primary colored papers to arrange their own composition. The next class, we printed the black lines using a piece of straight-edged cardboard and black paint. Here are some photos of the printing in action:

Kinder Students explore Mondrian and Primary Colors!

Kinder students learned about the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian.  We looked at several of his artworks and discussed his use of primary colors: red, yellow and blue, plus black and white.  We also talked about how he used squares and rectangles in his simple artworks.  Students then created their own versions of a Mondrian.  A fun day learning about color theory!