For one reason or another I have always been attracted to Mondrian's grid work paintings. Perhaps it's the sense of order he creates with each color tucked into its own little box. Or maybe it's because in all that order, there is chaos in the unevenness of the size of the boxes- orderly, but not too orderly.
Who knows. What I do know is Mondrian's grid work is another wonderful way to introduce young children to both primary colors and art history. (I think in many ways his sense of order appeals to children as well.)
This week we made our own mini Mondrian's using some of his compositions as a template, I instructed the children to fill in the as many or as few boxes with red, blue and yellow as they'd like.
Here's what they came up with:
Primary Colors and Mondrian
materials:
rectangular paper
black tape/black marker
red, yellow, blue tempera
paint brushes
get to work:
1. Begin by helping the children make a grid on their paper using either the tape or drawing straight lines with a black marker.
2. Instruct them to use only one color in a block. Explain that they can paint as many or as few blocks as they'd like.
3. Once complete let dry and display.
PS
Video for kids on Mondrian's work:
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