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Friday, May 14, 2010

Mondrian Watercolor Painting

Piet Mondrian became a master of geometric shapes in abstract art. There are many ways to imitate his style of painting, but I like this one best as the crayon naturally creates a wall between the watercolors.
1. With a ruler, the students are to draw lightly draw about 4 parallel horizontal lines across a piece of watercolor paper, and then about 4 vertical lines.
2. Ask them to randomly erase about 4 sections of the horizontal lines.
3. Next the students need to add about 5 lines, in any direction, chopping up any the the large rectangles to make some small ones. The goal is to have relatively even amount of large, medium and small shapes when complete.
4. Give each student a black crayon and have them trace all their lines, pressing heavily to make a dark line.
5. Each student then needs the three primary watercolors: red, blue and yellow. When painting in their squares, they are to consider the balance of each color (including white) so that there is not a concentration of any in any one area.

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