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!