Time to talk about the second part of the project – creating their own unique fish.Watercolor wash is when you paint an area with one color of watercolor, washing it in that color. This is what is known as a wax resist project with a watercolor wash – wax resist is crayon (wax) will resist the watercolor and not let it sit on it. Next they will choose one color of watercolor paint to brush over the whole page, including their crayon names.Model this step for students so they can see to write their name nice and big, over and over, until the page is filled up. The names should be written large, filling up the spaces of the folded lines. Explain the first part of this 2 part project: first write name in pencil on back of paper, then use lines to write your name in crayon across paper.Show students your sample art project that you made!.Show students print and ask them what they see? Discuss colors, line, and shape.So what do you think Klee is trying to express? In this first painting ('Sinbad the Sailor') above, what do you see? Why are the fish so large and so elaborately colored and patterned? Does it make it look more real or more imaginary? Notice the background pattern of squares of different colors-what do you think they suggest? Is the blue area supposed to be water? What about the white squares in the blue? And the darker colors? Maybe in a cave? Other ideas? What is Sinbad wearing on his head? What does that suggest about him? There are no specific answers here-just let the kids talk about what they see and feel when looking at the painting.ĩ x 12 black or dark blue construction paper, 1 per student to mount the main page toĩ x 12 or white paper (for fish), 1 per student (could also use 8-1/2 x 11 printer paper)Ĭrayons (students have their own, but taking some extra boxes is a good idea) Some of his lines look like symbols or primitive cave markings, which for him were used to evoke an earlier kind of power of magic.

There are also lots of patterns and colors that make the images a little more complex and sometimes make them a bit confusing or mysterious. The arrangement of the images are sometimes funny or mixed-up, like in a dream. Notice that his shapes are very simple, sometimes almost like stick-figure drawings. He wanted them to remind you of children's art, and he wanted to capture some of the 'dreamlike magic' of what little kids create. Klee's paintings seem very simple when you first look at them, because this is exactly what he wanted.

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