Hello Student Artists! I miss you! I hope you take some time today to make. What do you see? What do you think is happening? What do you wonder?
From the AIC: Klee was also a trained musician and shared with many artists of the early twentieth century the idea that music was the key to producing a new, abstract art. Works like Sunset reflect the principles of rhythm: linear structures, forms, and tonal values are orchestrated into a measured, vibrating image. To produce such a harmonious effect, Klee layered an intricate pattern of dots over a neutral background. Abstract, geometric, and overlapping shapes balance with recognizable forms, such as the schematic face in the upper left and the red sun and arrow in the lower right. The resulting composition—balancing stillness and movement, shallowness and depth—relates to Klee’s larger project of looking to music to produce an art that “does not reproduce the visible, but makes visible.”
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Hello student artists! What an adventure we will get to explore together over the next few weeks. I will be updating the blog daily with new and exciting activities I find along with updates on projects I am working on. Don't forget that art is everywhere! You are an artist! You can do it!
No worries if you left your crayons at school as the activities will have a wide range in the need for supplies. I spent most of my childhood drawing on the back side of used envelopes. I am looking forward to seeing your creations and hearing from you! Feel free to email me pictures or notes at [email protected]. I will post our art in a gallery so we can celebrate our art community. |
Laura Wittneben TufteK-5 art teacher at Whittier and Longfellow Elementary Archives
May 2020
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