3rd Grade Paul Klee Paintings

During this project 3rd Graders took an in-depth look at the artist Paul Klee. He is one of my personal favorite artists to introduce because of his interest in color!

Our favorite Paul Klee painting in class turned out to be "Sinbad the Sailor".

Paul Klee "Sinbad the Sailor"

Some of the things 3rd graders noticed about Paul Klee and his paintings were that he used a lot of color, lines, and that some of his paintings told a story. After looking at a few more Paul Klee paintings it was time for the 3rd graders to create their own.

Here is how we made our paintings:

• We started by folding a blank sheet of paper to create a grid
• Next, we painted each individual square in our grid using a different color. I emphasized warm and cool colors, and color mixing.
• To finish of the picture we used lines to illustrate a story or scene just like Paul Klee. 

Here are some of our finished examples! Can you tell which paintings were influenced by "Sinbad the Sailor"?

I love this snowy scene!

Look at that creative use of line in the sky!