Building Castles- Paul Klee inspiration
Our first week of spring class and we also wanted to start with some art basics. Paul Klee provides such a great opportunity to see how basic shapes can create beautiful artwork. We started the class with discussing a bit about Paul Klee as an artist, and showed the kids some slides of his work and what the project was inspired by. A brief background on Paul Klee from wikipedia- (1879 –1940) was born in Switzerland, and is considered both a Swiss and a German painter. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. He taught at the German Bauhaus school of art, design and architecture. His works reflect his dry humour and his sometimes childlike perspective, his personal moods and beliefs, and his musicality. Below are some examples of Paul Klee's work that we showed the children and talked about similarities, what colors were used, and what they saw in it.
Here are some of the beautiful artwork the children created inspired by Paul Klee using basic shapes, oil pastels, and colored pencils.
We also made these Paul Klee inspired min magnets that they drew onto painted wooden discs.
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