By Dr Amrita Vohra, Senior Vice President, Education & Culture
Our Junior and Senior Kindergarten artists revisited the world of Dutch artist Piet Mondrian, this time exploring his iconic style through a different set of materials and an exciting new technique.
Armed with kite paper in primary colours - red, blue and yellow, the children tore the paper into pieces, dipped them in water and carefully layered them onto the pages of their art journals. As they covered the sheets with colourful pieces, curiosity grew. Once the paper was lifted, the children discovered the beautiful patterns and colours left behind on their journal pages.
Later they added black paper strips, arranging them into standing and sleeping lines to recreate the distinctive style of Mondrian's artwork. And voilà! Their very own Mondrian-inspired masterpieces came to life!
This was an opportunity to investigate, observe and discover. The children explored differences in the sizes of paper pieces and strips, noticed how primary colours blended to create new shades, and discovered how water helped the kite paper release colour onto the journal pages. They also experienced how wet paper could adhere temporarily to a surface, and how the materials changed as they dried.
Through this hands-on exploration, the children made meaningful connections between art, colour theory, early mathematical concepts, material properties and scientific inquiry. By revisiting a familiar artist through a new process, they learned that creativity is not about reproducing an artwork in just one way, but about experimenting, asking questions and discovering possibilities.
One artist, many materials, endless possibilities. Our young learners continue to remind us that every artistic experience can open a new window to wonder.
