Paul Klee cities
I based this art lesson on Paul Klee's "Castle and Sun" painting.
We discussed his many abstract paintings and his personal life. He was a great father and made puppets with his son. I had the pleasure of visiting the Paul Klee museum in Switzerland over the summer.
I also have several children books about the artist in my classroom library for the students to enjoy when they are finished with their work.
On the first day I provided sponges soaked in black paint. I can keep these all year and use them often. Students took pieces of cardboard and printed their castle or building on a 12" x 9" multi-media paper.
Everyone was successful!
On the second day students traced a lid for their sun and outlined it in a black permanent marker.
We talked about what color combination we could use such as warm colors, cool colors or multi-colors.
We used Crayola's neon oil pastels. I bought these bins from Blick art supplies. I wish I had seen these earlier. They are perfect. So far the kids have kept them organized!!!
The students loved this art project!
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