After working on the colour wheel - primary and secondary colours last week; there was no better artist to discuss this week than Piet Mondrian.
Mondrian began his career painting landscapes and other scenes from nature. Following his move to Paris in 1911, he was influenced by the Cubist style of Picasso and Georges Braque. He began to paint abstract images, using straight lines to create a grid and filled the squares and rectangles with primary colours.
Today, students viewed a number of Mondrian's paintings (from landscapes and self-portraits to abstract paintings) and we talked about how Mondrian's abstracts were used in consumer products and as inspiration for other artists.
After our discussion, students used a grid and primary colours to create their own art.
