I had the opportunity to try out Dab and Dot Dauber Markers and write a blog post for their website DoodleHog. These are similar to other paint dotters, but one difference I noticed is that the colors seem richer and better than other brands I have tried. The colors mix together very well.
Piet Mondrian Dab and Dot Art Project
Piet Mondrian was one of the most important and well known abstract painters. But did you know his early work was mostly realistic paintings, often of trees and flowers?
He developed his abstract style over the years and his artwork became increasingly simplified until there were no recognizable objects in his art, only shapes and colors. His art was influenced by the Cubists. After seeing an art exhibition by Picasso and Braque, he started making his own geometric abstract paintings.
In his later art, he began using only the primary colors (red, yellow and blue), black and white. He wanted to use only pure colors. His artwork often had bold black lines forming the simple basic shapes of rectangles and squares.
You can create an artwork using the primary colors and black lines in a similar style.
Materials:
- Black Tape
- Scissors
- White Construction Paper
- Dab and Dot Dauber Markers
Steps:
1. Place black tape lines on to white construction paper. Use the scissors to trim the edges neatly. Create rectangles and squares with the tape. You can use thick and thin pieces of tape. I also used old black vinyl adhesive letters and cut them into thin strips.
2. Use the primary color Dab and Dot Dauber Markers to add colors to your paper.
Press down on the sponge tip several times to activate the ink and get it flowing.
Continue to fill in the rectangles with colors of your choice.
3. Another option is to experiment with color mixing by layering primary colors to create secondary colors. What happens when you paint blue on top of yellow?
You can make a nice green color!
Red on top of yellow will make orange. Blue on top of red makes a deep purple color.
Once you are finished, compare your artwork to Piet Mondrian’s paintings. How are they alike? How are they different? What did you like most about this project?
Gorgeous. Love this project.
Great idea:) Looks like a fun project that we will have to try! We have tried Dab and Dot at our house with our 3 and 5 year old, and about 10 mins into our art project one of the paints fell on the wood floor, shot across the room, and exploded on our rug:( The paint was also very runny out of the bottles and it seemed to just puddle up on the paper. Unless you use thick paper it just bleeds through. We were at Lakeshore the other day and my 5 year old found Do A Dots. She loves them because her kindergarten class uses them for just about every art project. We bought a set of the Rainbow Do A Dots, and two of the Do A Dot coloring books, and they are much better. The consistency of the paint seems much better and the quality overall is much greater than the Dab and Dot. Plus they are made in America! Didn’t mean to write a product review, but just thought people should know about other great products as well. Thanks for all of the great ideas you continue to share!
Wow, I’m surprised you had problems. I haven’t had any problems and I actually thought they went on smoother than the other paint dotters I’ve tried. I never had problems with puddling. I wonder what the difference was. I’m sorry that happened to you! Thanks for commenting on my blog.