Transcript Lines, Shapes, Colors

1872-1944
Created by J. Walker & L. McHugh 9/06
Here is the artist in his studio and at work. In
fact, it may surprise you to know that Piet
Mondrian thought of himself as a scientist!
Piet loved to paint places, trees and flowers.
Abstract
Artwork based on things like flowers,
Art
landscapes, and buildings but the artist
leaves out details, making the painting
simple.
Piet Mondrian only wanted to work with lines,
shapes and colors.
Straight Lines
Shapes
Primary Colors
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Web Sites
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Mondrian
http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/mondrian/
http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~cl203888/activitytwo.html
http://www.ptank.com/mondrian/
http://www.stephen.com/mondrimat/
In Art You Will
Create a Mondrian style artwork using
primary colors
pre-cut shapes
lines
gluing
In Computer You Will
Do the web sites that we saw today
and…
In Computer You Will
Create a Mondrian style artwork using
primary colors - color palette
square tool
transitional colors - paint bucket
In the program Kid Pix 3 Deluxe