Exercises on warm and cool colours, complementary colours or primary and secodary colours inspired by Paul Klee’s works of art. Here we used watercolors on book’s pages, used as a grid of perpendicular lines.
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| warm colours |
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| cool colours |
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| complementary colours |
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| complementary colours |
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| primary and secondary colours |
This exercise is very easy, even for kids…
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| copying from Klee with a pencil, following the lines of the page |
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| fill the shapes with watercolors |
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| ready! |
We inspired by these Paul Klee’s works of art:
LOVE. Will definitely be doing this.
These are awesome! Great project! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
These are awesome! I love this project! Saving in my archives, thanks for sharing! 🙂
Ma che bello questo esercizio sul colore!!! Grande idea e grande artista!!!Adorabile….
I love this project; very creative using the pages of a book.
Effetto straordinario…sarà la tecnica o l'artista?a presto,francesca
veramente d'effetto questa tecnica!!!
Fabulous! So stylish and contemporary. LOVE the use of book pages. I absolutely love Paul Klee and visited his museum in Switzerland- I highly recommend it. I also love how this project can appeal to students off differing abilities. Thanks for sharing!
I love this!! I think I will adapt it for my high schoolers!! Thank you!!!
I am in love with this! Thank You!
Thank you Tracey! I'm really happy to share!
Dear Miriam,while I searched for ideas for my next art-lessons in a school for special need children, I found your blog and your idea to use klee for warm-cold-complementary colours. But most lovely: the idea of book pages (even though I felt awful when I ripped of the pages of a book). The old paper is wonderful for watercolour, the given structure from the text lines gives it a special style and yeah – easy to say: me and my students loved it! I am so proud of their results, every one a unique one and how they broke the rules to find their own way and got a very personal painting!Thanks a lot for sharing!
Thank you Ann! Are you a teacher? I'm so happy to meet new teacher around the world, and even happier to share my ideas with them! So… do you have a blog with the works of your student? I'd like to have a look on their works! Nice to meet you Ann!
Love these too. Another great idea for my own students.Thanks again for sharing
I can’t wait to try this with my students! I don’t see a problem with the watercolors making the paper ripple. Was anything done to prevent it?
Hi Darla! I used a very old book with thick pages. You are right: the result depend on the quality of the pages. I’ve found that the old book are better suitable for watercolors, because the pages contain less glue than the new books. You have to try it with different kind of books. Let me know the result if you try it!! 🙂
Hermoso trabajo! yo lo hice con mis alumnos, pero no se noto tanto la letras de periodico .http://plasticaenla5del11.blogspot.com.ar/2014/07/acto-dia-de-la-independencia-9-de-julio.html un saludo Ana
Ciao Ana! Bello il tuo blog e bravissimi i tuoi studenti! Brava !! 🙂
Hi,I love this and your inspirational site. Very effective. Which age group did you do this with? I was considering doing it with 7-9 year olds. What do you think?
I did the activity for 11 years old, but It’s suitable for junger students as well!