CREATIVE LIVING: Lines, Color, and Balance – Inspired by Piet Mondrian

CREATIVE LIVING: Lines, Color, and Balance – Inspired by Piet Mondrian

What can you create with just lines, shapes, primary colors, and space? In this fun, hands-on Creative Living workshop, well explore the ideas behind Piet Mondrian‘s distinctive abstract art and use them to inspireartwork of our own.

Well begin on paper, experimenting with rulers, circle templates, and other drawing tools to create geometric compositions. Along the way, well explore how Mondrian used balance, proportion, negative space, line, and primary color to turn simple elements into powerful compositions.

Then its time to create! Using what youve discovered, youll design an original Mondrian-inspired composition on a canvas panel, adding crisp black lines and bold areas of color with acrylic paint and markers.

Well Explore:

• Line, shape, and geometric composition
• Primary colors and their visual impact
• Balance, proportion and negative space
• Using drawing tools to build a composition
• Turning an inspiration into your own original artwork

No drawing or painting experience is necessary. All materials are providedjust come ready to experiment, play with design, and create!

Saturday, September 19, 2026
24 PM
$15 per person

Alabama Art Academy at Alabama Art Supply
1006 23rd Street South
Birmingham, AL 35205
205-322-4741
AlabamaArt.com

Elizabeth Ragona, MBA

Artist, framer, business strategist, and Sales & Marketing Manager at Alabama Art Supply,Elizabeth Ragonacombines her experience in business, marketing, pricing strategy, and the arts to help creative professionals build successful and sustainable art businesses. Her workshops focus on practical tools and real-world solutions that artists can apply immediately.

Part of the Creative Living Series

This workshop is part of the Alabama Art Academy: Creative Living series at Alabama Art Supply, where creativity meets relaxation, personal enrichment, and the joy of making something by hand. Whether you’re exploring a new hobby or simply taking time to create, Creative Living workshops are designed to inspire, refresh, and help you discover the satisfaction of making something uniquely your own.