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Now its your turn to create a Mondrian style painting.

What You Need:

• A piece of heavy paper or poster board or even wood or canvas (just make sure that if you are using wood or canvas that you prime it with gesso or white latex house paint before beginning)
• Paint -- red, yellow, blue, black & white (use tempera, poster paints or acrylics ... whichever you have on hand).
• Paintbrushes, water, containers etc.
• A straight edge
• Pencils
• Black magic markers
• Examples of Mondrian's work or Mondrian style paintings like the ones on this page which were created by Andrea of KinderArt.

  **You could use crayons or pencil crayons or markers instead ... you don't have to make a painting you can make a Mondrian style drawing.

What You Do:

1. First draw your lines on the paper using your straight edge. You can put your lines anywhere you want but here is a general guide:

   *divide your paper up by drawing draw six horizontal lines from one end of the paper to the other _______

   *next draw four vertical lines |||| again, make sure your lines go from one end of your paper to the other.

2. When your lines have been drawn, use either black paint or a black marker to darken them up. Make some lines thick and some lines thin.

3. Now you should have a grid with lots of empty spaces.

4. Choose just a few spaces to fill in with the primary colors - red, yellow and blue

5. Don't overdo the color ... leave a lot of white space (just as the examples here show. The key is to keep it simple.

6. That's all there is to it!

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