Horizontal and vertical lines making rectangles and squares, and primary colors are the perfect combination for Mondrian inspired art in first grade.
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This is a great project for my first graders. Anything to do with paint creates a lot of excitement! Students made observations about Mondrian's artwork. They discovered that he used straight lines that made squares and rectangles. They also noticed that he used red, yellow and blue in his paintings. We continue to review the elements of line and shape as we move into color. They also learned some big vocabulary...vertical and horizontal. Most of my first grade classrooms are bilingual, so I am careful not to overwhelm them with lots of new vocabulary all at once. They used strips of black paper for their lines and tempera paint for their shapes.
First grade learned about two more elements of art, color and shape. Students have been singing along with videos about the colors of the rainbow, the primary colors, and shapes! You can find these under the "website" tab. We looked at some artwork by Piet Mondrian. He used lines, squares, rectangles and primary colors in the art we viewed. There was much excitement when we created our art...students were gluing and PAINTING!!
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Mrs. Kendell
I was a graphic designer for many years, and then decided to make the leap into art education. I taught elementary art for 8 years. Archives
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