Today is Day 52 of our stay-at-home time.
THE BIG ALONE
Remember when you read the book, The Big Alone by The Avenado Sisters? Well, I emailed your comments and questions to them and they wrote you back! Here is what they said:
VIDEO FROM OUR DAVISVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL STAFF
The staff at our school put together a video for the students to say "hello". Here is the link:
https://www.wevideo.com/view/1684157997
MONDRIAN MATH ART
This week you are learning about how to measure AREA in math. Area is the amount of space on a flat surface. You can use what you know about geometry and area to make some art!
The Dutch artist Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) was born in The Netherlands. He is famous for his paintings that use only the 3 primary colours ( red, blue, yellow) plus black and white. In 2015, one of his paintings sold for over $50 million dollars!
As you can see, he used straight lines and based his design on squares and rectangles. He used what he knew about geometry and area to make his art. This kind of painting is called "abstract" painting because it is a design and not a picture of anything.
If you want to know more about Piet Mondrian, you can learn more about him here:
https://www.slideshare.net/duniwayart/mondrianppt
How to Make Art Like Piet Mondrian
You will need: paper, pencil, black marker, ruler, crayons/pencil crayons/markers in blue/red/yellow
* Make a grid or squares on your paper using pencil. I used squares with 3 cm sides but you could use any length. Mark 3 cm points horizontally along the paper (practice your skip-counting by 3's) near the top of the paper and do it again across the middle of the paper.
* Next line up the two dots and draw vertical lines across the page.
* Then do the same two lines of marks, 3 cm apart vertically, line up the two marks with the ruler and draw horizontal lines across the paper.
* You now have grid or squared paper. (If there are squares that are incomplete, you can cut them off the edges with a pair of scissors.)
* Then, use a black marker to go over the pencil lines to create different sizes of squares and rectangles.
* Finally, colour in the squares and rectangles with red, blue, yellow and black. Leave some of the spaces white.
NOW...let's use what you know about AREA to answer some questions using my finished Mondrian-inspired art.
1. What is the total area of the art in square units?
2. What is the area of each of the different colours (red, blue, yellow, white)?
3. Which colour takes up the MOST area ?
Email me the answers to these quesions and if you make art like this, send me a photo. I really like seeing your work!
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