season's greetings...

Today is Thursday and we're going to have a 365 Cards art lesson.

Use the geometric paintings of Piet Mondrian as inspiration.

Pieter Cornelis "Piet" Mondriaan, after 1912 Mondrian, was a Dutch painter.

He was an important contributor to the
De Stijl art movement and group, which was founded by Theo van Doesburg. He evolved a non-representational form which he termed Neo-Plasticism. This consisted of white ground, upon which was painted a grid of vertical and horizontal black lines and the three primary colours.
(information compliments of Wikipedia)

I picked this particular painting as my inspiration:

I've got one word for you:

Rebel

It was totally non-intentional though...I didn't {a-hem} read about Mondrian until after I created my card...tsk tsk Amy....I used his painting as the inspiration to my creation...you might notice that there isn't any white space or primary colors...LOL.

Personally, I blame Basic Grey and Eskimo Kisses for not having the primary colors and white space...nah, I adore Eskimo Kisses' color palette and wouldn't want them to change anything about it.

Hope you'll join me in today's 365 Cards Challenge!!!

Signed,

The Rebel

Comments

Carolina said…
Oh I love your card and this is for sure one of my go to pads of paper - It really pops with black behind it! Just adorable!!!
Rose said…
well your card is much better than the "art"!!! :0) love the papers and the rebel in you today!!
Naomi Chokr said…
i was the rebel in the family!! proud of it!!! love this design!!!!! im obsessed with basic grey
Laurel said…
This is so fantastic Amy!
Courtney Baker said…
Way cute girl! I do love that pattern paper. How cute is that deer?
Kay said…
You just go right ahead and rebel all you want because I LOVE this card!!! Oh yes, that Eskimo Kisses paper is simply divine. The deer is SOOOO CUTE!! Awesome card, Amy!! ♥♥ Kay
bethchien said…
I always pegged you for a rebel! ha
Loving the Christmas card babe, in all it's non white space glory! :D
B
Cindy Lee said…
This is one fun Xmas card!
Jenn said…
Fabulous! Love, love, love the dp! :) Hope all is well in your neck of the woods! :)
Dora said…
This is so fun to read that you write about Piet Mondriaan, love your card!
Kim Dellow said…
Wow you can really see how the inspiration has worked! That is fabulous! Kim
Regina Easter said…
art lesson rebel...........hum....then you gave us a christmas card...amy, your to funny.....that is the cutest Christmas card...I need to get my butt in gear and finish some challenges...
Unknown said…
Yikes! I thought I was having a flashback to my college art history class for a moment there!

Love the card! Though it doesn't follow the Mondrian "rules" I kinda like it even better! You rebel you!

(-: Heidi
Sparkplug17 said…
So cute! I love how you used all different patterns!
Martha said…
Wow, wonderful Amy!! Love all the colours and patterns :)
Kristie Larsen said…
I love these papers. its totally worth not having any white space. really really great card!
Aimes said…
Well if there were no rebels in the world, there'd be no revolutions would there!? LOL!
I love your rebelious streak - totally rocks!
Aimes
x
Ginny Larsen said…
haha, you crack me up! LOVE your card, and i like how you DIDN'T follow the "mondrian style." :D great job!
Ann said…
Cuteness! I love your take on the challenge!
Anonymous said…
Great job Amy, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I think your card is better than his "art" thanks for the inspiration, and for thinking outside the box, a little :)
Becky Carafa said…
This is so fun and cheerful!
Becky Carafa said…
This is so fun and cheerful!
Carla said…
Actually, I like your card better than the painting!!
Melissa Sauls said…
Primary colors or not, this card is FAB!!!!
ivy said…
me gots to get myself some of that BG paper! thanks a lot amy!
Vanessa said…
Cute cute cute! Love it, Amy!!

Hugs,
Vanessa
Gloria Stengel said…
First, your card is FANTASTIC. I love that paper. I want that paper! But 2nd...are you trying to steal my Rebel Crown?! Are ya? huh? Sheesh, some people. (snatches crown back and stomps off)
Rose Ann said…
Great inspiration card...and I love the papers you've used !!
Angie Tieman said…
Super card!! Great take on Mondrian! My 3rd graders did MOndrian projects before and loved it! Of course, they didn't have such yummy papers to work with! =)
lauren bergold said…
i actually think the "rebellious" stance of having taken mondrian's painting as inspiration, but then totally made it YOUR OWN, is far closer to the spirit of the man & his art than having done anything which followed "the rules"!!! so there! (also, those BG papers just look SO GREAT!!!) ♥♥♥
Elaine said…
You're still Mondrian inspired!! :) I love Mondrian's work - not for my home but for what it is - artwork!