Abstract work in the classroom

I have been using some of my own abstract work as a basis for working with pupils at school. I have introduced them to the final abstract piece and the priginal image it was transformed from and them asked them to try and work out how it was created. I then took them through the process step by step and asked them to create their own works.

Here is an example by an 11 year old - he transformed a car into a 'Peaceful Mountain':







Here are some other example of abstract work produced by pupils in this way: