To tie in with your work on area this week we are going to look at the artist Piet Mondrian.
He was a Dutch artist best known for his abstract paintings. Art that is abstract does not show things that are recognisable such as people, objects or landscapes. Instead artists use colours, shapes and textures to achieve their effect
When Mondrian made his paintings, he would always mix his own colours, never using the paint directly out of a tube. He often used primary colours – red yellow and blue – as in this painting
Mondrian did not use a ruler to measure out his lines! He thought carefully about where to place the lines, like those that you see in this painting. Notice how the red, yellow and blue are placed to the side and the centre of painting doesn't have any colour. Mondrian often used colour and composition in this way. (A composition is the arrangement of shapes and images in a picture).
Although he is best known for his abstract paintings made from squares and rectangles, Piet Mondrian started out painting realistic scenes. He especially liked painting trees. This week I want you to create your own Mondrian painting. You could copy one of his own here or you could pick an animal and colour it in the Mondrian style. To start look at the video about his life. If you want to draw an animal in the Mondrian style click on the PDF animals to give you an idea where to start. Best of luck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSCmWnIoRpI
Mondrian_animal_art
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