Thursday, January 5, 2017

December 2016 - Castle and Sun (Paul Klee)

4th and 5th Grade

Project Title: Castle and Sun - Paul Klee


Sample of Paul Klee's artwork:
                                           
Castle and Sun (1928)


















Description:
  • Students were introduced to a brief biography based on the life and work of Swiss born artist Paul Klee (1879-1940).  They discovered that geometric shapes were used to construct Klee's picture titled Castle and Sun. Rhythm and movement were achieved by repeating colors throughout his artwork.   Colored pencils and geometric tracers were used to build and fill in each piece.  Notice how our white outlines make each color glow.

Vocabulary:
  • Paul Klee
  • geometric shapes
  • rhythm
  • movement

Resources:
  • internet
  • powerpoint presentation

Materials:
  • white colored pencils
  • clay colored construction paper
  • colored pencil sticks

Examples of student artwork:

    

    

    

    



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