objective: students will be able to...

  • Identify sides of 2D shapes: Triangle, Square, Rectangle and Sphere
  • Use lines to divide 2D shapes into sections
  • Combine 2D geometric shapes to add-on and build larger structures
  • Use color to distinguish space, and portions of shapes
  • Express complex ideas or emotions using color and symbols

ARTIST FEATURE: paul klee

books to explore

my many colored days

Earning the title of 'The Most Read Book in the Art Room,' this colorful book by Dr. Seuss explores the connection of color and emotion through beautiful illustrations and the rhythmic verse that makes Dr. Seuss an icon in children's literature.
Available HERE from our favorite local book haven, The King's English Bookshop. 
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by Geraldine Elschner and Peggy Nile

the cat and the bird


A colorful story about an unlikely friendship inspired by the art of Paul Klee.
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Available HERE through our favorite local book haven, The King's English Bookshop. 

Make your own colorful klee caT

materials and supplies needed

Paper, (if the paper is white paper, make sure you fill the white spaces in with color!)
Crayon
Colorful Oil Pastels (Crayons, Colored Pencils, Watercolor or other Paints will work, too!)
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1. Turn your paper the short (horizontal) way if you want a bigger face, or the tall (vertical) way if you want a longer neck. Draw a big letter U in the middle
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2. In the middle of your U shape, draw a big, pointy number 8 sleeping on its side (two big footballs touching)
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3. Draw a curved line down to the middle of the number 8 from each corner of the U to make the ears. Draw a triangle on the other side of the 8 from the middle to make the nose. Draw the letter J from the middle of the triangle, and a backwards letter J to finish the mouth.
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4. For the eyes, draw a big oval from the top of each football to the bottom of each football to make the irises (where your cat's eye color will be)
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5. What is your cat thinking? Think of something that might be on your cat's mind. It could be a thing or a feeling. What symbol can you draw that will show us what your cat is thinking about? Draw that symbol right in the middle of your cat's ears.
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6. Choose 1 or more colors to fill in your cat's face. Fill in everything on your cat's face except for the eyes and nose. Is your cat feeling happy? Sad? Bored? Angry? Scared? Busy? Playful? What color do you think might express how your cat is feeling?
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7. Choose a color to color in the ovals in your cat's eyes. Use black to color in a pupil in each eye. Don't add color to the white part of the football. Choose one or more colors to color in your cat's nose. Choose one or more colors to color in the symbol for what your cat is thinking about.
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8. Choose one or more colors to color in your background.
Admire your colorful artwork!!

explore more:

PictureFish Magic by Paul Klee
ABSTRACT ART is art is about the elements of art: line, shape, space, form, color, texture, & value. Abstract art doesn't have realistic details and objects in abstract art don't look like realistic objects. 

Is Paul Klee's artwork about the fish realistic or abstract?
What symbols can you find in this artwork, and what do you think they might mean?

creating abstract art from Realistic objects: 

 Look at the pictures. Try to draw the same picture on a plain piece of paper, but only draw the SHAPES that you see...leave out all of the details. Fill in the shapes with bright colors. Fill in around the shapes with color to cover any white space. TAH DAH!! Abstract Art!

compare & contrast:
​look at the 2 artworks in the pictures...

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Red Balloon, Paul Klee

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Count how many things are the same in the two artworks.
​Count how many things are different about them?
HINT: Paul Klee's painting uses 2-DIMENSIONAL (Flat) shapes, Suvero's sculpture is 3-DIMENSIONAL (it has FORM that you can walk around)

Walk around a real SUVERO sculpture in google street view

  1. Create a 3D Sculpture like Suvero's out of paper HERE