Art AwarenessKindergarten Lesson 1 –Lines and Color

Artist- Piet Mondrian 1872-1944

Lines

Thick Thin

Lines

Long Short

Lines STRAIGHT

LINES

JAGGED SMOOTH

ColorPrimary ColorsRED, YELLOW, BLUE

Secondary ColorsORANGE, VIOLET,GREEN

PIET MONRIAN1872-1944

Composition II Red, Blue , Yellow 1930

Composition 10 1939-1942

Broadway Boogie-WoogieMuseum of Modern Art New York City

This represents the city grid of Manhattan and the boogie woogie music which he loved to dance to.

He was born in Netherlands and started by painting Dutch landscapes .

He was a head teacher at an elementary school.

He moved to Paris in 1911 he was influenced by Picasso and cubist

He began grid based paintings in 1919

He eventually moved to London and finally New York City

He is considered the founder of Modern Art

He believed painting is composed of color and line, these elements must set an example with other forms of art in society in order to gain success.

He represents in his work the ideas of unity and universal beauty.

He focused on the use of primary colors

Be Inspired by Mondrian

Now it is your turn to create a Mondrian inspired piece. Remember to title your art and write your name on your artwork! We will use squares, rectangles and straight lines in primary colors (red, yellow and blue) as well as white and black for our pieces. Once you have planned out your design we can start to glue the pieces down. It is ok if they overlap and remember with glue “A DOT IS A LOT.”