This lesson is so simple that I don't think I really need to post an official plan. We start out by describing the characteristics of Piet Mondrian's work. We also discuss why he paints like he does as opposed to creating realistic work. Students then draw a large fish on 12x18 paper and draw shapes with horizontal and vertical lines. On day two, they paint primary colors. I encourage them to leave some white spaces, but many are too psyched about painting and they paint the whole fish. On day three, students cut out their fish, glue it to a black piece of construction paper, then cut the black paper to create a border for the fish. Some students then finish a bit of painting and the others work on a Mondrian vocab word search I made. Overall, I'm really happy with the results of this project. Of course my first graders love it as well. I think some of them would paint all day every day if they were allowed.
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I loved your primary colors Mondrian lesson when I first saw it. Now I have found a lesson on value changes and intensity based on the Thanksgiving theme. It is a simple turkey with a paint chip tail. The only thing I can add to the lesson is that when I have gone to paint stores in the past I have asked first if I can take x number of chips for my class. I have never been turned down, but I don't want to feel like I am stealing from the store. The lesson is at monthbymonth.scholastic.com under the CREATE heading.
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