...is to become a full fledged, practicing Neoplasticist, like my famous pal Piet Mondrian and me, Theo Van Doesburg (the good looking guy depicted in my Van Gogh phase selfie). Along the way, you’ll also learn a little about what it takes to create your own artistic movement – just in case you’re ever so inclined.

Did I mention the webquest logo was created with a font named after me? It’s not the actual font I created – apparently Mr. Web Designer was too cheap to shell out the necessary guilders for that – but still pretty sweet, right? Hey, you don’t start a movement without being a bit of a self-promoter. Call that lesson one. And speaking of lessons, if you're a teacher type, you might want to check out my lesson plan.

OK, so first check out a prototypical Neoplastic work -- my Composition XX -- and then join me down below for further instructions.

I know what you're thinking. Not bad TvD; my uncle's got a carpet that looks just like it in his den. But where's the Mondrian? Well, one of the shortcomings of being a rock star like PM is that your works don't tend to be in the public domain. So you get me now and Mondrian later in the links. Capiche?

STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS

There are five sections of the webquest to get through and we’re going to move quickly because I’ve got a big tetris match later with van der Leck & the boys (you’ll appreciate that joke later).

Introduction: where you learn more about what a webquest is and get your first taste of Neoplasticism

Task: where you get the lowdown on the things you’re going need to do to qualify for Neoplasticism card carrying membership

Process: where you execute concrete steps to complete the webquest, including creating your own neoplastic membership card. By the way, we Neoplasticists are big fans of concrete steps – or anything perpendicular for that matter.

Evaluation: there comes a judgment day for all of us. And yours is coming very soon. Relax, we’re talking rubrics here.

Conclusion: where we wrap up and you hear about my second movement where I took a whole new angle on matters (you’ll groan at that one later).

So let's check out another one of my favorites -- a little something I call Composition VII -- and then join me in the webquest section.