Sunday, January 9, 2011

Mondrian Inspired Trees





Where did I get this idea from???? I saw it on someone's blog and have looked and looked but can't find whose it was! If you know please tell me so I can give them credit.

This is a lesson I did with fourth grade and fifth grade. (I have a few classes with a mix of fourth and fifth graders, so now I teach the same lessons to both grades.) We talked about Piet Mondrian's Tree paintings, and the symbolism trees meant to him. We painted the trees with black tempera paint, and used liquid watercolors for the background. The blog I got this from used oil pastels I believe. I made a few examples to test what media I liked best for the tree, oil pastels, black glue but I like the way the tempera best.

***I got this idea from Marcia at Vivid Layers!!

5 comments:

  1. I did do this project and post about it, but I found it from another teacher, so I'm not the orignator. :)

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  2. Okay I went back and looked at yours and I do think I got it from your blog! Thanks for the idea!

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  3. Love the colors you used for this tree!!! Very uplifting

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  4. I did something similar to this project, "Blazing Banyan Trees," but credit was due to a book. Looks great!

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  5. Simply beautiful! The liquid watercolor paints blended very softly.

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