Art Lesson Mondrian Inspired Line Design

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Art meets informational text with this math-connected art lesson. Students look at and discuss geometry-rich art work by artist Piet Mondrian, then create a design using only a variety of lines.

This lesson requires little drawing skill, ensuring success with all students, and the results can be visually striking. The lesson lends itself to math connections dealing with area, perimeter, or fraction concepts. Or, at a more basic level, students can simply identify and discuss the patterns they use to create their designs.

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Mondrian Inspired Line Design is bundled with four other lessons in Start With Art

This lesson includes the following:

– a list of art concepts and skills addressed

– a list of materials needed

– targeted art and related vocabulary

– detailed steps for introducing the lesson

– directions for the art activity itself

– ideas for extending or varying the lesson

– ideas for looking at and discussing art

– ideas for connecting the activity to math

– a writing extension suggestion

Also included: -Informational text reading/response printables:

• About Piet Mondrian – informational text artist biography

• Thinking About Piet Mondrian – a “draw and write” response worksheet

This comprehensive art lesson is designed to teach art appreciation, artist behavior, and art analysis.

National Core Visual Arts Standards supported are listed at the beginning of the lesson.

Listed grade levels are suggestions only; any of these lessons can be simplified or made more complex to work for any elementary grade.

Related art lessons:
Art Activities Geometry Integrated Geometry Meets Art

For more art-making:

Art Task Cards — for early finishers or art centers

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I am a retired elementary classroom teacher, a former art teacher, an artist and a writer. I have a Multiple Subjects credential, a Single Subject credential for Art and English, LDS/ESL certification, a Master’s Degree in Elementary Education with a Mathematics focus, and Montessori certification. I have worked with all elementary grades, and with special groups including ELL, GATE, and At-Risk students. Creating Art With Kids and Share2Learn lessons and resources are designed to foster student creativity, choice, and independence, and to encourage authentic art-making. Consideration is given to developmental appropriateness, differentiation possibilities, and teacher individuality. For this reason, directions are general, expectations are open-ended, and clip art on student pages is kept to a minimum.

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