Paul Klee

Garden Painting 1926

Paul Klee was a Swiss

Expressionist Painter

who lived from 1879-1940.

New Harmony 1936

VOCABULARY

• Color

• Line

• Pattern

• Paul Klee

COLOR

Cool colors tend to mean calmness,

serenity, sadness. Blue Green Violet.

Warm colors tend to mean action,

warmness, anger.Red Yellow Orange.

The colors you choose will show a

emotion or feeling

about yourself.

LINE

A line is an identifiable path of a point moving in space. It can vary in width, direction and length. What kinds of line will you use to draw your self-portrait?

Horizontal ===

Vertical lines |||||

Diagonal \\\\\

Angled /\/\/\/\/

Curved ~~~~~

Pattern

Repetition of color, line, or shape.

Paul Klee used a pattern ofshape in this example.

Senecio 1922

This portrait by Paul Klee is

sometimes called, Head of a Man

Going Senile, which tells you

Klee had a sense of humor.

Zitronin 1932

Can you see the female character

carrying

fruit on her head?

The painting is telling a story…

Garten-Plan 1922

Look at the different kinds of line.

Flora on the Sand

Is this a pattern?

Instructions

• Make a pattern with tissue paper squares on your paper. Glue down tissue paper.

• Apply mod podge to ensure that the tissue paper stays down. Let dry.

• Draw your self-portrait with a Sharpie on top of your pattern!