Piet Mondrianand the primary colors

The Primary Colors

Horizontal Line

Horizontal lines go from side to side.

Can you make a horizontal line in the air?

What other things do you see that are horizontal?

Vertical Lines

Vertical lines go up and down.

Can you draw a vertical line in the air?

What other things in the classroom are vertical?

Piet Mondrian

▪Best known for his non-representational paintings.

▪ Used vertical and horizontal lines and the primary colors.

▪ Simplistic

Piet Mondrian, Broadway Boogie-Woogie, 1942-1943, Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Piet Mondrian, Composition with Yellow, Blue, and Red, 1939-42, oil on canvas, 72.5 x 69 cm, Tate Gallery. London

Piet Mondrian, Composition No. 10, 1939-42, oil on canvas, 80 x 73 cm, private collection

Now you make one!

• Glue at least 3 horizontal and 3 vertical lines.

• Choose which squares you would like to add your primary colors to and which ones you will leave white.

• Start coloring in those squares.

• Be sure not to leave ANY white area in the squares that have color.