Middle School art Inspired by Piet Mondrian

Piet Mondrian grid paintings of the 1920's inspired this 6th grade students to make their own collages using electrical tape, paint on wood. Students loved how the black tape contrasted with the white gesso-ed background of the wood. 

During the first project, students were given the restrictions of using a limited pallet and only vertical and horizontal lines. This was maybe their first opportunity to see what they could create with only red, blue, yellow and white.  As soon as the guidelines were presented, there were many times when students wanted to change the angle of the black lines or request to use other colors.

When finished, students were given the chance to use diagonals, additional colors and the freedom to dream up new designs.  These turned out to be pretty incredible works of art.