D E E P S P A C E S P A R K L E

The Members Club

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K L E E A R T U N I T B O O K L I S T

The Cat and The Bird by Geraldine Elschner

and Peggy Nile

The Life and Works of Paul Klee by Sean

Connolly

Here are a few other Klee books to

consider for your unit:

Paul Klee by Mike Venezia

Paul Klee for Children by Silke Vry

Dreaming Pictures: Paul Klee (Adventures in

Art) by Juergen von Schemm

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G A T H E R Y O U R A R T S U P P L I E S

K/212”x 18” brown sulphite/drawing paper

12”x 15” white sulphite/drawing paper

12”x 15” orange/yellow/red sulphite paper

12”x 18” black sulphite paper

12”x 9” 90-lb watercolor paper

Liquid tempera paint (magenta, red, yellow,

white)

Plastic hotel/gift cards or tag board cut into

3” lengths

Oil pastels (black, white, red, orange, brown)

Colored chalk pastels

Aerosol hair spray*

Newspapers

Pan watercolors

Brushes

Water

Styrofoam plates or trays

Plastic cups

Paper plates

Glue

Scissors

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3/4

12”x 18” black sulphite paper

12”x 15” white sulphite/drawing paper

12” x 15” orange/yellow/red sulphite paper

Oil pastels (black, red, orange, brown)

Liquid tempera paint (white, magenta, red,

yellow)

Plastic hotel/gift cards or tag board cut into 3”

lengths

Styrofoam plates or trays

Plastic cups

Colored chalk pastels

Paper plates

Glue

Scissors

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5/6

12”x 9” 90-lb watercolor paper

12”x 9” canvas sheets

Pencils

Black acrylic paint diluted with a bit of

water

Small outlining brushes

Acrylic paints squeezed into 6-well plastic

palettes

Small & medium flat brushes

Paper towels

Black waterproof markers

Pan watercolors

Metallic or regular crayons (+ white)

Brushes for watercolor

Water

Water containers

2” x 6” cardboard templates*

D E E P S P A C E S P A R K L E & T H E M E M B E R S C L U B 6

DRAWING • Klee's Cat & Bird (directed line)

• Geometric Fish (directed line) • Head of a Man (tracing/guided instruction)

PAINTING • Geometric Fish (watercolor resist)

• Castle & Sun Mixed Media (stamping with tempera to create shapes)

• Head of a Man (scraping tempera)

TEXTURE • Head of a Man (thick layers of tempera applied by scraping)

color • Klee's Cat & Bird (importance of color in Klee’s work/chalk pastel)

• Geometric Fish (warm and cool colors) • Castle & Sun Mixed Media (blending with white chalk)

• Head of a Man (analogous, warm colors)

Mixed-media

• Castle & Sun Mixed Media (combining chalk and tempera) • Head of a Man (cut head and glue to background/chalk +

tempera)

LINES/Shapes

• Klee's Cat & Bird (geometric and organic to draw the cat)

• Geometric Fish (intersecting straight lines/geometric shapes)

• Castle & Sun Mixed Media (geometric shapes for the towers)

• Head of a Man (intersecting straight lines to create geometric shapes)

GUIDE

IMAGINATION

ACTUAL

IMPLIED

MIXING

COLOR WHEEL

COLLAGE COMPOSITION

GEOMETRIC

ORGANIC

TEMPERA

WATERCOLOR

MARCH BUNDLE:

ARTIST: Paul Klee

K I N D E R G A R T E N - F I R S T - S E C O N D

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DRAWING • Head of a Man (tracing/guided instruction)

PAINTING • Castle & Sun Mixed Media (stamping with tempera to create shapes)

• Head of a Man (scraping tempera)

TEXTURE • Head of a Man (thick layers of tempera applied by scraping)

color • Castle & Sun Mixed Media (blending with white chalk) • Head of a Man (analogous, warm)

Mixed-media

• Castle & Sun Mixed Media (combining chalk and tempera) • Head of a Man (cut head and glue to background/chalk +

tempera)

LINES/Shapes

• Castle & Sun Mixed Media (geometric shapes for the towers)

• Head of a Man (intersecting straight lines to create geometric shapes)

GUIDE

IMAGINATION

GEOMETRIC

ORGANIC

COLOR WHEEL

MIXING

IMPLIED

ACTUAL

TEMPERA

WATERCOLOR

MARCH BUNDLE:

ARTIST: Paul Klee

T H I R D - F O U R T H

COLLAGE COMPOSITION

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DRAWING • Klee's Watercolor Castle (sequential drawing)

• Klee’s Abstract (drawing lines with pencil/imagination)

PAINTING • Klee's Watercolor Castle (watercolor)

• Klee’s Abstract (acrylic on canvas sheet)

TEXTURE • Klee's Abstract (application and finishes of acrylics)

color • Klee's Watercolor Castle (warm and cool colors)

• Klee’s Abstract (mixing and outlining)

SPACE • Klee's Watercolor Castle (layering and overlapping the

buildings)

LINES/Shapes

• Klee's Watercolor Castle (geometric/straight and

angled lines/repetition)

• Klee’s Abstract (abstract shapes/straight & curved

lines/patterns)

OBSERVATION

GUIDE

IMAGINATION

IMPLIED

ACTUAL

COLOR WHEEL

VALUE

ACRYLIC

WATERCOLOR

F I F T H - S I X T H

MARCH BUNDLE:

ARTIST: Paul Klee

GEOMETRIC

ORGANIC

OVERLAPPING

DEPTH

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CUBISM

ABSTRACT

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LINE

SHAPE

GEOMETRIC SHAPE

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ORGANIC SHAPE

CONTRAST

GRID

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VALUE

TINT

SHADE

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OVERLAP

OUTLINE

SPACE

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TEMPLATE

MIXED-MEDIA

PATTERN

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TEXTURE

COMPOSITION

WATERCOLOR RESIST

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COLLAGE

WARM COLORS

COOL COLORS

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DIRECTED LINE

REPETITION

SEQUENTIAL DRAWING

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FOREGROUND

MIDDLE GROUND

BACKGROUND

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ANALOGOUS

SCRAPING