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| A Cat Like Paul Klee's |
 catie writes, "Abstract artist Paul Klee {pronounced "Clay"} created his paintings with sweeping lines, bold color, and his vivid imagination. Draw and paint a cat just like his famous painting, Cat and Bird."
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Materials:
White construction paper
Pencil
Black crayon
Watercolor paint set & brush
Larger black construction paper
Rubber cement or glue stick
1) Look
Take a look at Paul Klee's Cat and Bird and the cats painted by Mrs. Morgan's first grade class {at Eagle Hills Elementary School}: http://five-ten-fifteen.blogspot.com/2012/01/art-paper-scissors-cat-like-paul-klees.html
2) Draw
Note: Some children prefer to make their drawings in pencil first. If they use pencil, just be sure to have them trace over all pencil lines with black crayon.
Using a black crayon and long, curved lines, draw a cat like the one in the picture. Draw the biggest line first: starting at the top left corner {this will be the left ear point}, down around the chin, then up to the top right corner {this will be the right ear point}. Make a dot just above the center of the paper - this will be the spot where the eyes, ears, and nose connect. Draw a curving line to connect the center dot to the top of the left ear, and another curving line to connect it to the top of the right ear. Now you have the outline of the cat face. Now, draw the wide cat eyes. See how the eyes touch the sides, span the entire face, and meet at the dot in the center? Give each eye a center, or pupil. Draw a nose a few finger widths below the center dot. Your cat nose can be a heart just like Paul Klee's cat nose. With two curving lines, connect the top sides of the heart nose to the center dot. From the bottom point of the heart nose, draw two curving lines - one going to the right and one going to the left - for the cat mouth. Be sure to add nice long, curving whiskers.
3) Paint
Use your watercolor paints to give your cat some color. It is up to you whether you use realistic cat colors {like brown or orange} or imaginary cat colors {like blue or green}. What color will you paint the eyes? Do you want to paint the area behind the cat? That is called the background, and its color can change the "mood" of your painting.
4) Display
Using rubber cement or a glue stick, mount your painting onto a larger piece of black construction paper to give your artwork a gallery look.
Other Ideas:
Draw other animals with black crayon {we also made fish and owls}, then paint them with watercolors.
Catie Eyer
Artist, mom, and blogger at http://five-ten-fifteen.blogspot.com/
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Posted on Jan 28, 2012 07:49am.
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