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Seeing Below the Surface

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Seeing Below the Surface

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Paul Klee: Facts

He was born in 1879 in

Switzerland, a country in

Europe.

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Paul Klee: FactsHis father was a music

teacher.

His mother was an artist.

Paul Klee was a good musician,

writer and teacher.

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Paul Klee: Fish FactsHe learned to draw with line, shape

and color.

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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.

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Paul Klee: Fish Facts

REALISTIC

Rose Garden

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Paul Klee: Fish Facts

ABSTRACT

Rose Garden

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Paul Klee: Fish Facts

The objects in

abstract art look

different from the

way they look in real

life.

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Paul Klee: Fish FactsMountain Landscape Mountain landscape

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Paul Klee: Fish FactsSome of Klee’s paintings look

like they were done by a child.

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Paul Klee: Fish FactsHe worked hard to learn about

drawing with lines.

Dancing Girl

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Paul Klee: Fish FactsKlee used chalk, paste,

watercolors, and crayons in his

paintings.

He loved to use beautiful colors.

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Paul Klee: Fish Facts

Kreuze und Saulen Flowers in Stone Ebene Landschaft

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Paul Klee: Fish Facts

Magic Garden

Arrival of Marie Head of Man

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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.

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Paul Klee: Fish Facts

Klee created almost

9,000 paintings in his

lifetime.

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Paul Klee: Fish Facts

Cat and BirdRed Balloon

Efflorescence

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Paul Klee: Fish Facts

Under the Sea The Golden Fish

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Paul Klee: Facts

Fish MagicAround the Fish

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Complementary Colors Colors that are opposite on the color wheel

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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

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The Project

Paul Klee said:

“A line is a dot that

went for a walk.”

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The featured painting.

Bird and Cat

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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.

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