Geometric and Organic Cityscapes with Paul Klee

DISCUSSION: Geometric shape vs. Organic Shape we just went over geometric shapes

what are organic shapes?

where do we find them?

in math class?

in nature?

where do you hear that word ORGANIC?

farmer’s market

grocery store

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: Construct a City Scape using Organic and Geometric shapes

Step1: Pencil: Draw your cityscape starting at the bottom of your page (foreground)

Draw geometric and organic shaped buildings (3-5)

Step2: Draw the next set of buildings in the middle ground. Remember to have the buildings in the foreground overlap these buildings. Draw at least one organic shaped building

Step3: Draw our last set of buildings in the background. have them be overlapped by both of 

the first sets of buildings

Step4: fill in your buildings with windows (geometric or organic), lines, tops anything to make

your buildings unique like Paul Klee’s

Step5: Fill in with chalk pastels in primary and secondary colors like Paul Klee. 

Step6: the background could remain white or you could make it brown like Paul Klee’s work.

MATERIALS: White paper

Oil pastels

Pencils


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