Paul Klee is famous for his paintings which often include cubism (squares through out his work). One of his paintings is a very abstract portrait which is made up of colored locks. Third grade started this project by learning the proportions of the face. I taught them the ways to divided the face to know where to put the eyes, nose, mouth, and ears. After completing sketches on a pre-drawn diagram, they had to use the same method on their own.
After drawing their self portrait, they outlines the lines in Sharpie. To achieve the blocked out look that Paul Klee uses, we used water and tissue paper. Squares of tissue paper were applied to wet paper. When dry, the tissue paper was removed, leaving behind some of the pigment. To add some personal touches to the self portrait, students used chalk pastel to add hair color and eye color. We learned very quickly that chalk pastels are MESSY!
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