Paul Klee1879 - 1940

Paul Klee’s Life

Swiss-born painter and graphic artist

Grew up in a musical family

At the age of 8 years old, his grandmother gave him a box of chalk and he was encouraged to draw frequently

He married a pianist and had one son.

Paul Klee

Funny Art

Kid Art

Art Teacher

"Lost in Thought," 1917.

Vocabulary

Positive space/shape

Main shapes or subject of the artwork

Negative space/shape

Surrounding space; background

Colors

The color wheel

Pattern

Repeating shapes, lines or colors

Vocabulary

Positive and Negative space

“The Plant and Its Enemy”

What do you think the “enemy” is in the picture?

Could it be the negative space surrounding it?

Vocabulary

Colors and Patterns

“Cat and Bird”

How many patterns can you find?

What do the colors feel like to you?

What is the cat thinking about?

“The Twittering Machine”

What kind of machine is this?

Is it loud or soft?

What do you think the machine does?

Is there a lot of positive or negative space in this picture?

“Fire in the Evening”

What are the patterns?

How does this make you feel, hot or cold?

If you were in the painting would you be moving or sitting still?

“Magic Garden”

“The Rising Sun”

“Fish Magic”

“The Golden Fish”

What We Will Be Doing

You will be creating a work similar to Mr. Klee’s painting.

Color an index card with various brightly colored crayons, then color over the bright colors with black.

You will use toothpicks, paperclips or coins to scratch off the black crayon, making a goldfish and water scene on the card.

Process

Write your name on the back of the index card.

Lay the index card over a piece of paper to protect the desk.

First cover the WHOLE card with bright colors

Second cover ALL THE COLORS with black

Next use a toothpick, paper clip or coin to scratch a goldfish design or scene on the card, as well as patterns to look like an underwater scene.

Remember positive and negative space.

All the black is your negative space