Paul Klee inspired "Cat and Bird"

"Cat and Bird"

Paul Klee inspired Pastel Drawing

 This project is one of my favourites!

Today we learned about the artist Paul Klee, about balance in art and drawing with pastels.

Look at these works - they are just amazing!!!

Well done grade 2B artists :-)

As an introduction the students watched a video about the Swiss/German artist Paul Klee and how he used balance and rhythm in art. Then we talked about his famous painting "Cat and Bird".

Paul Klee "Cat and Bird" 1928

After finding out, what the cat in this picture is dreaming about,

we started our guide drawing - step by step:

Complementary Zebra 2B

Complementary Zebra

Mixed media project with oil paste and water colour

We started with a guided pencil drawing of the zebra head. The students received a paper with a grid that helped them to draw the zebra with the right proportions. With the same grid on the white board I guided them through the drawing. We looked at different Zebra photos before the students started to draw their individual stripe pattern. 

Then the students chose a pastel in their favourite colour and a complementary colour to colour the zebra. A third complementary colour was finally chosen for the watercolour background.

Happy Zebras in a colourful world :-)

Picasso inspired self portrait 2B

Welcome to the Art Club Course 

for Grade 2B

We started with a Picasso inspired self portrait session. The students watched a video about Pablo Picasso, and learned about Cubism and the difference between Abstract Art and Realistic Art. We talked about some of Picasso's portraits and his cubist approach. The students also learned about the colour wheel and complementary colours. I gave an introduction to watercolour painting and the kids started with a guided pencil drawing of their Picasso inspired portrait. 

Can you discover your child's portrait? ;-)

Cubist Picasso portraits we talked about and drawing guide with characteristic elements from Picasso portraits  

How focused these little artists are working!