Submitted by Stephanie Corder
UNIT: Paul Klee - Poetry - Color Theory (Warm/Cool colors)
Lesson: Illustrated Poem with grid pattern
Grade Level: Elementary (example is fifth grade)
Materials:
11 x 28 poster board (you can make any dimension)
Variety of warm and cool color markers
Newsprint, pencils, erasers
Black Sharpies Permanent markers
Books of children's poem (or student original poems)
Rulers
Objectives: Students will
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Illustrate a short poem
work with warm and cool colors
appreciate the work of Paul Klee
Resources:
Once Emerged from the Gray of Night, 1918,
watercolor on paper mounted on cardboard,
Kunstmuseum, Bern. See Carol Gerten Fine Art
Procedures:
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Lesson was inspired by a project by Christy
Dillard. See her Artsonia site.
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Have students choose poem to illustrate,
explain that they will also be copying the
words of the poem, to help them choose one
that's not too long!
Sketch illustrations, remind them that simple
works best!
Count out how many lines they need and help
them draw them out on paper (students used
poster board cut in half making it 11" X 28").
Draw lines with Sharpie and ruler - evenly
space
Have them copy the words making the letters
touch the tops and bottoms of each line, from
their poem onto the poster board (or paper).
Outline the illustrations in bold sharpie, and
have them color them with markers choosing
between cool or warm colors for the
illustrations.
With broad Sharpie, outline the lettering and
lines.
have them color the shapes (created between
the letters) outside the drawings in cool or
warm colors; choosing the color family that
was NOT used in the illustration