Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Color theory inspired by Paul Klee



Exercises on warm and cool colours, complementary colours or primary and secodary colours inspired by Paul Klee’s works of art. Here we used watercolors on book’s pages, used as a grid of perpendicular lines.






warm colours
cool colours
complementary colours
complementary colours
primary and secondary colours
This exercise is very easy, even for kids...

copying from Klee with a pencil, following the lines of the page
fill the shapes with watercolors


ready!
We inspired by these Paul Klee’s works of art:




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14 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 4, 2012 at 9:25 PM

    LOVE. Will definitely be doing this.

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  2. Mrs. CApril 5, 2012 at 12:59 AM

    These are awesome! Great project! Thanks for sharing! :)

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  3. Mrs. CApril 5, 2012 at 1:00 AM

    These are awesome! I love this project! Saving in my archives, thanks for sharing! :)

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  4. luisa leccisottiApril 5, 2012 at 12:51 PM

    Ma che bello questo esercizio sul colore!!! Grande idea e grande artista!!!
    Adorabile....

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  5. Chesterbrook Academy ElementaryApril 5, 2012 at 12:51 PM

    I love this project; very creative using the pages of a book.

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  6. franceApril 5, 2012 at 5:18 PM

    Effetto straordinario...sarà la tecnica o l'artista?
    a presto,
    francesca

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  7. V1MBApril 5, 2012 at 11:52 PM

    veramente d'effetto questa tecnica!!!

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  8. MissApril 13, 2012 at 4:08 PM

    Fabulous! So stylish and contemporary. LOVE the use of book pages. I absolutely love Paul Klee and visited his museum in Switzerland- I highly recommend it. I also love how this project can appeal to students off differing abilities. Thanks for sharing!

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  9. Carmone MacfarlaneJune 12, 2012 at 1:28 PM

    I love this!! I think I will adapt it for my high schoolers!! Thank you!!!

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  10. UnknownJanuary 30, 2013 at 2:04 AM

    I am in love with this! Thank You!

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  11. AnnCFebruary 8, 2013 at 9:32 PM

    Dear Miriam,

    while I searched for ideas for my next art-lessons in a school for special need children, I found your blog and your idea to use klee for warm-cold-complementary colours.
    But most lovely: the idea of book pages (even though I felt awful when I ripped of the pages of a book). The old paper is wonderful for watercolour, the given structure from the text lines gives it a special style and yeah - easy to say:
    me and my students loved it! I am so proud of their results, every one a unique one and how they broke the rules to find their own way and got a very personal painting!

    Thanks a lot for sharing!

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    1. Miriam PaternosterFebruary 9, 2013 at 10:05 AM

      Thank you Ann! Are you a teacher? I'm so happy to meet new teacher around the world, and even happier to share my ideas with them! So... do you have a blog with the works of your student? I'd like to have a look on their works! Nice to meet you Ann!

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  12. Bidt af billedkunstMarch 25, 2013 at 10:04 AM

    Love these too. Another great idea for my own students.
    Thanks again for sharing

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