Explosion in the bottle factory

Before
This lesson is designed to help explain the idea of abstract art. 

Paintings of trees by the Dutch painter Piet Mondriaan show the development of realistic painting to abstract painting clearly. The red tree (1908) is a realistic painting, Mondriaan painted what he saw.

The grey tree (1911) is more abstract, but the shape of the tree can still be seen.

The apple tree (1912) doesn't look like a tree anymore, unless you see this one together with the former paintings.

What do you need?

• black construction paper
• scissors and glue
• colored paper
• ruler and pencil

What should you do?

1. Draw a straight line halfway the black sheet. 
2. Cut three or four double bottles out of colored paper. 
3. Paste the bottles on upper half of the black sheet. 
4. Cut the remaining bottles into pieces and paste them on the bottom of the sheet.

Artworks made by students of grade 3.