Mondrian, a bit different

 What do you need?

• white drawing sheet
• markers
• ruler
• pencil

What should you do?

Draw a Mondrian, but change one of the elements of art. 

For example: 

1. do not draw squares and rectangles, choose another geometric shape
2. do not color with primary colors, choose maximum four other colors

Draw your alternative Mondrian and color it with markers. Outline with black marker. 

Elements of art: color, shape, line. 

Artworks made by students of grade 6. 

Mondrian in chalk pastels

 You need:

1. black construction paper 
2. pencil
3. ruler
4. chalk pastels 
5. Elmer's glue 
6. fixing spray

Look at and discuss about the artwork of Piet Mondrian.

Draw squares and rectangles on the black sheet using a pencil and a ruler. trace the lines with Elmer's glue. The glue will become transparent when it has dried. 

Color the squares and rectangles with soft pastels in white, black, red, yellow and blue. Instead of black pastels, you can leave some areas open. Be sure you don't get two areas of the same color next to each other. 

Fix the work with hairspray or fixative spray. 

Elements of art: color, shape, line. 

Still life with fruit

door leerlingen van groep 5

You need:

1. corrugated cardboard
2. scissors
3. white drawing sheet
4. tempera paint
5. brush
6. glue
7. colored construction paper

Vies and discuss still lifes of fruit in different styles (for example Caravaggio and Cezanne). How is the fruit arranged? Why at that way? Which parts are light and which parts are dark? What does that mean? 

Provide each group of students with a bowl of different fruit types. Students paint the fruits (no drawing first!) after a good observation. 

Cut a fruit bowl out of the cardboard. Cut out the fruits with a small white edge. Stick the fruits on a colored sheet, be sure to let them overlap each other. Stick the cardboard bowl. Some fruits will partly disappear in it. 

Elements of art: space, color, value. 

Keith Haring figures on tissue paper

What do you need?

1. colored tissuepaper
2. white drawing sheet
3. jar with water
4. brush
5. scissors
6. templates of Haring figures
7. pencil
8. black marker

What should you do?

1. Choose 2 or 3 colors of tissuepaper. Fold them in 16 squares. Cut out. 
2. Take a drawing sheet and wet it with a brush and water. 
3. Lay the pieces of tissue paper on the wet sheet and see how they bleed. Fill the whole sheet and be sure to use enough water. 
4. Let dry and remove the tissue paper. 
5. Cut two or more Haring templates and outline them with a pencil. 
6. Trace the lines with black marker and trace them again to make nice bold lines. 

Works of art made by students of grade 3. 

In 'The Factory' of Andy Warhol

made by students of grade 1

You need: 

1. colored paper 12 by 12 cm
2. black construction paper 50 cm by 15 cm 
3. tempera paint
4. brushes
5. apples
6. glue
7. black marker 

Tell about Andy Warhol's Factory. 

First lesson: "We are going to work today in the factory of Andy Warhol. Choose four colored sheets. Make apple prints in complementary colors: on a blue sheet you print an orange apple, on a red sheet you print a green apple etc."

Let dry and paste the colored sheets on black construction paper.

Second lesson: make a second print in a complementary color: on the orange apple you print a blue one etc. Let dry. Outline the apples with a black marker and add seeds and stem.