Wire Birds with Paul Klee's Twittering Machine

Wire Birds with Paul Klee (all student art project: ASAP)

Recap

Audubon

Mo Willems

Discussion: 

Sculpture

3D

What is Form

Compare and contrast Form to art we have created in the classroom

Texture:

What is texture? 

 How does your hair feel?

 How does the bottom of your show feel?

 Do they feel the same?

 What about tree bark vs. A puppy? 

Art and texture: 

 The job of an artist is to create visual texture

  A dog might look fluffy and a marble would be shiny and smooth

CA Art Standard: 1.5 Identify and describe elements of art in works of art, emphasizing line, color, shape/form, texture, space, and value.

Paul Klee

ARTIST: Paul Klee

(1879 – 1940) 

Swiss painter of German nationality.

His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. 

Klee was a natural draftsman who experimented with and eventually mastered color theory, and wrote extensively about it. 

His works reflect his dry humor and his sometimes child-like perspective, his personal moods and beliefs, and his musicality. 

He and his friend, the Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky, both taught at the German Bauhaus school of art and architecture.

for additional information, please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Klee

Prep: 

Cut Copper wire into 15” pieces

Cut Watercolor paper into 3” by 3” pieces

Project: 

Step 1: 

Twist copper wire into the shape of a bird

Start with one leg 1”

Work up and create a head that sticks out

Try to make a point for the beak

Work down to form a neck

Twist back up and curve to make the back

Twist in and out for the back tail three times

Curve down to make a second leg

Twist legs together at the top to complete

Your bird should be no larger then your 3”x3” paper

Step2: 

Think about the type of texture you want to create for your backbround

Look again at Paul Klee’s work Twittering Machine

Pay attention to the background texture

How will you add texture to your watercolor

Step1: Paint 3”by 3” piece of paper with turquoise liquid watercolor

Step 2: using various forms of texture (Cotton balls, rag, cars, tooth picks 

add in black ink to the wet watercolor

MATERIALS: 

3”x3” watercolor paper

Copper Wire 18 gauge 

Liquid Water color