Geometric Tissue Cityscapes with Paul Klee

DISCUSSION: Geometric shape 

 what are geometric shapes?

  where do we find them?

    in math class?

   Let’s name some and draw them...

Where do you hear that word geometric?

  Math class

  Geometry

City Scape: What is it? 

Look at Paul Klee’s Castle and the Sun

  What are his Buildings made up of?

  What Colors do you see?

  Are there any Organic shapes?

 Foreground: Front of the picture; bottom of your paper

 Middle ground: middle of your picture; horizon line in a Landscape; middle of your paper

 Background: The back of your picture; above the horizon line; the TOP of your paper

  

Overlapping: one object being on top of another

   The Buildings in the foreground will have no overlapping

   The buildings in the middle ground will be hidden slightly behind

    the foreground buildings

   The buildings in the background will be hidden behind the foreground and 

    middle ground buildings

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

Project: 

Create Paul Klee’s city scape using Tissue paper and geometric shapes

Step1: glue on square and rectangles to form a city scape in color

Step2: build up one of the side like Klee

Step3: add black lines in sharpie add squares and rectangles and triangles for roofs

Step4: continue adding in in black lines until the space is full

Step5: Add in one circle with tissue paper

Step6: add black line for a circle on the sun

MATERIALS: 

Tissue paper in all colors cut to squares

Glue sticks

Black Sharpie

Scissors

Zig Zag Hearts with Bridget Riley

Discussion: Line
What is a line?
 how important do you think it is for art?
 let’s name a few lines: Diagonal, Curved, spiral, think, thick, wavy,etc...

want to see drawn lines on paper begin to move?
 show Bridget Riley’s work, then begin to rotate it. 

Op Art: Op art works are abstract, with many of the better known pieces made in only black and white. When the viewer looks at them, the impression is given of movement, hidden images, flashing and vibration, patterns, or alternatively, of swelling or warping.
Op is short for optical illusion. Thinking we see something that we don’t. 

Artist: Bridget Riley (1931-       ) 
Famous as an early proponent of Op Art, Bridget Riley was born in South London. 
Riley’s artistic education: Goldsmiths college of art from 1949, then at the Royal College from 1952-5. 
Riley exhibited her artwork in a number of group shows at this early stage 1958.
A mental breakdown led Riley away from her studio in the late 1950s. 
Upon her recovery she took up a string of teaching posts. 
It was during this period that Riley honed her personal artistic style.
Played with pointillism
Riley discovered her own method of treating optics in paint.
The first painting rendered in this ground-breaking mode was ‘Kiss’ of 1961. The canvas is a sea of black, divided by an emerging white band which marks the space between two approaching bodies. 
The painting was immediately followed by Riley’s first solo show the following year, which took place at Gallery One in London, which showed her early monochromatic paintings.
Riley also exhibited in the 1965 New York show which first propelled the concept of ‘Op’ art into the media spotlight.
It was not until 1967 that she splashed into color and the optical possibilities
The following year, 1968, saw Riley being awarded the International Prize for Painting. 
She was the first British contemporary painter, and first woman, to receive the prestigious prize.
Commercial demand for Bridget Riley’s artwork peaked in the 1970s, but crumbled the following decade. The 1980s was a rather dark time for the artist as suddenly-and unexpectedly-her work fell out of fashion. 
But she never stopped working and recent years have witnessed a revival in her popularity,Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville, Paris, hosted their own Riley retrospective in 2008.
A freshly-discovered interest in Riley’s artwork has also been echoed in art market sales. 
In 2008 Sotherby’s London sold Riley’s ‘Chant 2’ of 1967 for over £2.5m.

PROJECT: 
Create an Op Art Piece using Black lines
Step1: using a pencil lightly draw a heart in the center of your paper
Step2: using black sharpie, draw horizontal straight lines to the heart
Step3: When you get to the heart zig zag your lines
Step4: On the other side of your heart go back to straight lines. 
Step5: Continue with the steps until it is complete. 

MATERIALS: 
White paper
Black Pens or sharpies

Texture and Patten POPsicles with Andy Warhol

Discussion: 

Pattern

What is it? abababababab

Where do you see it? Clothing, wallpaper, etc.

What do you have to have to make one? Repetition

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

Discuss Andy Warhol and his use of repetition in his four part celebrity POP art portraits

ARTIST: Andy Warhol

(August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987), 

Born Andrew Warhola 

An American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker 

leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. 

After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, 

Warhol became famous worldwide for his work as a painter

He was also filmmaker, record producer, author, 

Warhol has been the subject of numerous retrospective exhibitions, books, and feature and documentary films.

 He coined the widely used expression "15 minutes of fame." 

The Andy Warhol Museum exists in memory of his life and artwork.

The highest price ever paid for a Warhol painting is $100 million for a 1963 canvas titled Eight Elvises. 

Died during routine gallbladder surgery in 1987

PROJECT: Create POPsicle Pop Artwork using texture and pattern

Step1: on 12x18 piece of Tag Board or card stock: Draw one line across horizontal center

Draw one line down Vertical center

Step2: (multitude of ways to add color here, we had just studied the color wheel and value)

Paint one primary Rectangle: add texture with POPsicle stick before it dries

Paint one secondary Rectangle: add texture with POPsicle stick before it dries

Paint one rectangle with any color and white: add texture with POPsicle stick

Paint one rectangle with any color and black: add texture with POPsicle stick

Step3: while that dries: Give students Tag board or card stock cut down to 4x6 pieces

Step4: ask students to create a different pattern on each

Students with use oils pastels for dots or stripes and finish back ground in watercolor

Step5: Cut these small pattern papers into rounded POPsicle shapes

Step6: Glue POPsicle stick to the back of each

Step7: Glue four new POPsicles into each of the large painted rectangles

Materials:

Oil pastels

Tempura paint

Watercolor

Tag board 12x18

Tag board 8x12

Popsicle sticks

Texture Printmaking with Wayne Thiebaud

Discussion: 

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

Printmaking: do you print things at home? 

How do you print them?

How do we print in art: smash pictures or folding pictures in half

There are many techniques in art for printmaking

Mono-print: creating one print from an original piece of art

Look at Wayne Thiebaud’s Gum ball machine painting and discuss how he might have drawn it. 

ARTIST: Wayne Thiebaud 

(born November 15, 1920) 

He is an American painter 

His most famous works are of cakes, pastries, boots, toys and lipsticks. 

He is associated with the Pop art movement because of his interest in objects of mass culture,

although his works, executed during the fifties and sixties, slightly predate the works of the classic pop artists. 

Thiebaud uses heavy pigment and exaggerated colors to depict his subjects

well-defined shadows characteristic of advertisements are almost always included in his work.

Project: Create mono-print gum ball machine from sand paper

Step1: on your 4x6 piece of sand paper: with a black oil pastel, draw a large circle on the top half

Step2: Draw a square underneath your circle

Step3: add a half circle on top of your first circle

Step4: add a small circle inside your square

Step5: color in your square and small half circle with the same color

Step6: color in your small circle black to show where the gum balls come out

Step7: fill your machine with different colored gum balls

Step8: once complete, adult uses an iron to melt picture onto your tag board paper

Note: These come out like a print, they might not be exact. 

MATERIALS: 

Oil pastels

Sand paper (light)

Iron

Heavy card stock or tag board paper

I loved the addition of the 25 cents but you might warn young students that it will print backwards. 

School picture portraits with Picasso

Discussion: what is a portrait? 

What do you find in a portrait? 

Nose? Mouth? Shoulders? Ears? 

How do you draw a portrait? 

Now look at this portrait? What?????

What is up with her eyes? 

Why is her nose like that?

What about the background?

ARTIST: Pablo Picasso  (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973)

He was a Spanish painter and sculptor. 

He is one of the most recognized figures in 20th-century art. 

He is best known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for the wide variety of styles embodied in his work. Picasso demonstrated uncanny artistic talent in his early years, 

He painted in a realistic manner through his childhood and adolescence; 

During the first decade of the twentieth century his style changed as he experimented with different theories, techniques, and ideas. 

Picasso’s creativity manifested itself in numerous mediums, including painting, sculpture, drawing, and architecture. His revolutionary artistic accomplishments brought him universal renown and immense fortunes throughout his life, making him the best-known figure in twentieth century art.

Project: create a picasso portrait using your school picture

Step1: draw a circle for a head on your small paper

Step2: add a neck and shoulders

Step3: cut out one eye and glue it to the small paper

Step4: cut out one ear and glue it somewhere on your face

Step5: cut out your mouth and glue it on your face

Step6: cut out your hair and glue it on your portrait

Step7: finih your portrait in oil pastel

Step8; Draw a pattern in the background

MATERIALS: 

2”x3” paper, tagboard

School pictures

Oil pastels

Pattern Britto All Student Art Project

Discussion,

Pattern

Artist Britto

ARTIST: Romero Britto (1963-      )

was born in Recife, Brazil 

Self-taught at an early age, he painted on surfaces such as newspapers. 

In 1983, he traveled to Paris where he was introduced to the work of Matisse and Picasso. 

He combined influences from cubism with pop, to create a vibrant, iconic style that The New York Times describes, "exudes warmth, optimism and love."

In 1988, Britto moved to Miami and emerged as an international artist.  

He has also illustrated several books published by Simon & Schuster and Rizzoli. 

Britto's work has been exhibited in galleries and museums in over 100 countries 

Britto considers the role of an artist to be an agent of positive change. 

He serves as a benefactor, donating time, art and resources to over 250 charitable organizations and several boards such as Best Buddies International, and St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. 

Project Mini Britto for all students art project

Step1: using a pencil, draw in a rectangle

Step2: draw in a second rectangle

Step3: draw in a pattern in the largest ring

Step4: draw in a pattern in the middle ring

Step5: Draw in a heart in the middle

Step6: fill in each pattern in only two colors. 

Materials:

Primary and secondary paint

Pencils

Sharpies

Card stock rectangles

Watercolor

Oil pastels

Portfolio

Spray Paint and dotted landscapes with Seurat

Prep: cut or rip watercolor paper and construction paper into 3x8.5 strips

Cut out or hole punch 2" circles these could be yellow or printed yellow

Discussion: Pointillism: small dots next to each other when looked at from far away become a picture. 

Primary dots next to each other mix with the viewers eye. 

Look at the work Sunday afternoon at the Park by the artist Seurat

What do you see? 

What color did he use most?

Do you see a monkey?

What would you do if you were there? 

ARTIST: Georges Seurat 

(1859-1891)

French Painter

Invented pointillism

Took informal art lessons as a teen

Attended art school in Paris

He studied the relationship between lines and images and the effect light had on color

He wanted to know more about the emotional effect of color

He influenced science with his studies of colors

Project: 

Step 1: paint watercolor paper with blue liquid water color paint

Step 2: on square card stock paper 8.5 x8.5, glue on blue watercolor at the top

Step3: glue on orange construction paper in the middle

Step 4 glue on pink construction paper on the bottom

Step5: spray pink and orange with two to three squirts of lime liquid watercolor in a spritz bottle

Step6: glue on your round pre cut sun shine on the top in the blue 

Step 7: with q-tips add in round flowers in all colors on the pink and orange paper

Step8: with tooth picks add in dark green centers in each flower to finish

Materials:

Pink and orange construction paper 3" x 8.5"

Water color paper 3"x 8.5"

Tooth picks

Q-tips

tempura paint

Blue liquid watercolor

Card stock cut to 8.5"x8.5"

This project was adapted from this website: http://angelaandersonart.blogspot.com/2011/11/fun-splatter-floral-paintings-kids-art.html  Please visit for additional information