Paul Klee
Paul Klee was a Swiss
Expressionist Painter
who lived from 1879-1940.
Garden Painting 1926
New Harmony 1936
VOCABULARY
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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 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!