Paul Klee

Paul Klee was a Swiss Expressionist Painter who lived from 1879-1940. Garden Painting 1926

New Harmony 1936

VOCABULARY Color Line Pattern Paul Klee

COLOR Cool colors tend to mean calmness, serenity, sadness 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 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 Pattern Repetition of color, line, or shape. Paul Klee used a pattern of shape in this example.

This portrait by Paul Klee is sometimes called, Head of a Man Going Senile, which tells you Klee had a sense of humor. Senecio 1922

Can you see the female character carrying fruit on her head? The painting is telling a story… Zitronin 1932

Look at the different kinds of line. Garten-Plan 1922

Is this a pattern? Flora on the Sand

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!