Post on 20-Jul-2015
Seeing Below the Surface
Paul Klee: Facts
He was born in 1879 in
Switzerland, a country in
Europe.
Paul Klee: FactsHis father was a music
teacher.
His mother was an artist.
Paul Klee was a good musician,
writer and teacher.
Paul Klee: Fish FactsHe learned to draw with line, shape
and color.
Paul Klee: Fish FactsHe realized that a painting did
not have to look like a realistic
copy of something to make good
artwork.
This type of art is known as
abstract art.
Paul Klee: Fish Facts
REALISTIC
Rose Garden
Paul Klee: Fish Facts
ABSTRACT
Rose Garden
Paul Klee: Fish Facts
The objects in
abstract art look
different from the
way they look in real
life.
Paul Klee: Fish FactsMountain Landscape Mountain landscape
Paul Klee: Fish FactsSome of Klee’s paintings look
like they were done by a child.
Paul Klee: Fish FactsHe worked hard to learn about
drawing with lines.
Dancing Girl
Paul Klee: Fish FactsKlee used chalk, paste,
watercolors, and crayons in his
paintings.
He loved to use beautiful colors.
Paul Klee: Fish Facts
Kreuze und Saulen Flowers in Stone Ebene Landschaft
Paul Klee: Fish Facts
Magic Garden
Arrival of Marie Head of Man
Paul Klee: Fish FactsKlee worked slowly. Sometimes
he sat for hours before painting.
Sometimes he worked on six
paintings at once.
He taught himself to paint with
both hands.
Paul Klee: Fish Facts
Klee created almost
9,000 paintings in his
lifetime.
Paul Klee: Fish Facts
Cat and BirdRed Balloon
Efflorescence
Paul Klee: Fish Facts
Under the Sea The Golden Fish
Paul Klee: Facts
Fish MagicAround the Fish
Complementary Colors Colors that are opposite on the color wheel
Why Complementary Colors Complementary colors are powerful color schemes.
They have one warm color and one Cool Color.
Cool Warm
Purple Yellow
Blue Orange
Green Red
The Project
Paul Klee said:
“A line is a dot that
went for a walk.”
The featured painting.
Bird and Cat
Step #1: Draw a border around the paper. Draw light guidelines down the center and across the middle. Draw a large "W" type shape for cats head.