This document provides information about abstract art and the artist Piet Mondrian. It discusses the primary colors, secondary colors, and tertiary colors. It then summarizes Mondrian's life and influence, noting that he was influenced by cubism and created geometric abstract paintings using lines and primary colors. His style became very influential in other areas like fashion, food, and furniture design. The document concludes with art activities for recreating Mondrian-style abstract art using grids, rulers, and primary colors.

1. Abstract Art
Piet Mondrian
Elements of Art
• Line
• Colour

2. Colours
• There are three types of colours: primary,
secondary and tertiary colours
Primary Colours
• primary colours - red, yellow and blue
• they can not be made by mixing colours together
Secondary Colours
• secondary colours – orange, purple and green
• secondary colours are made by mixing two primary colours
together
red + yellow = orange
red + blue = purple
blue + yellow = green

3. Colours
Tertiary Colours
• They’re made by mixing a primary and a secondary colour
together
• There are six tertiary colors
red-purple
blue-purple
yellow-green
blue-green
red-orange
yellow-orange

4. Line
• It is the path drawn from one point to the next.
It’s like a dot that takes a walk.
• Lines are used to create shape, pattern, texture,
space, movement and optical illusion in design.
• A line can express moods and feelings
• Curves can take us slowly uphill, or turn sharply
twisting as they turn

5. Which types of lines
can you see in the lion?
Types of Lines
horizontal
vertical
contour
zigzag
curved
diagonal
wavy
Bold
straight
swirly

6. Piet Mondrian
1872- 1944
• Born in the Netherlands (Holland) in 1872
• He was an art teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam
• Mondrian’s early paintings were of the world around him

7. Cubism & Pablo Picasso
• Mondrian discovered Cubism in 1911
• He was influenced by Pablo Picasso
Cubism
Artists tried to make an image look
3D by breaking it into different
shapes and painting it from
different angles.
How many instruments
can you see?

8. Mondrian’s Famous Painting
“Composition with Yellow, Blue and Red” 1942

9. His paintings became so famous in
the decades that followed his death
that artists, advertisers, architects,
graphic designers, and even high
fashion clothing designers from all
over the world copied his distinctive
style.
Mondrian’s Influence
What game is this is?

10. Mondrian & Fashion
Yves St. Laurent

11. Mondrian & Food
Cake
Sushi
Square

12. Mondrian
& Furniture
Ikea

13. Victory Boogie Woogie
1942-1944
• Victory Boogie-Woogie is a
painting that Mondrian made during
World War II, in expectation of a
victory.
• It remains unfinished as he died on
February 1, 1944
• World Ward II ended in 19 __ ?

14. Art Activity
1. Use a ruler and pencil to draw straight lines on the page
2. Make a grid of eight lines across by six down
3. Create a pattern with 3 different sizes of shapes
4. Erase some lines to make small and large rectangles. Leave some squares too.
5. Put a small R for red, Y for yellow and B for blue where you want those colours
6. Do you still like the pattern you made? Change it if you need to.
7. Now add colour by using oil pastels or paint to colour in your shapes
8. Do the black lines last, after the paint has dried, or you’re done with the pastels
9. Go over the lines with a very thick black marker
Tip
Always go over the lines
last, and make them a
bit thick, to cover up
any mistakes

15. “Mondrian”
style art Option:
You can also cut out strips
of black construction paper
and glue them on after the
paint has dried.
Middle & Secondary School
Use tissue paper
1. Follow steps #1 to #6 from the art activity on the previous slide for your rough copy
2. Cut up strips of black construction paper of equal length and width
3. Cut up the tissue paper one colour at a time and place it on top of your rough copy
4. If you want to change your pattern, do it now
5. Put glue on the back of the strips of black construction paper
6. Lay all of the horizontal, glued, black strips down on top of the tissue paper
7. Repeat step #6 for the vertical strips
Tip: use a ruler to guide you while gluing down the black strips so they are straight

16. Abstract art is not painted to look
like something specific. Abstract
artists felt that paintings did not
have to show only things that were
recognizable. In their paintings they
did not try to show people, animals,
or places exactly as they appeared
in the real world. They mainly used
color and shape in their paintings to
show emotions.
What is Abstract Art?
Grey Tree
What do you think this one is
called? (answer on next slide)

17. Art Appreciation
1. How is colour used in abstract art?
2. What are the paintings about, ex. Animals, people, landscapes?
3. How did you think the artist used shape in his paintings?
4. How did the paintings make you feel, ex., happy, sad, mad?
5. How do you think that the artists wanted the paintings to make
you feel?
Answer: Pier and ocean