A Swiss-born painter and graphic artist whose personal, often gently humorous works are replete with allusions to dreams, music, and poetry, Paul Klee, b. Dec. 18, 1879, d. June 29, 1940.
For this project you will need watercolor paper.
Liquid watercolor. Deep blue and green. I use magic watercolor in the bottle without diluting it, the pigment is nice and strong for this project.
Oil pastels
Saran wrap
Paintbrushes and water
Talk to them about wax resist.
Oil and water don't mix so it's a great art technique.
Explain that they will draw a main fish and some background life with the oil pastels. Press down hard, they can use white too, light colors will show up nicely. They can squiggle sea plants etc. Paul Klee was colorful and fanciful. Encourage them, there are no mistakes, no need for perfection. It is all different and beautiful. They will be leaving all of their paper blank that they have not drawn the sea life.
Explain how now they will apply the watercolor, and since oil and water don't mix, (or wax and water) that even if when they brush the watercolor over their drawings, it will not adhere to the pastels.
Have them cover the whole sheet completely using the blue and green watercolor (not mixing them, just applying them separately)
While they are still wet, quickly cover it in a layer of Saran wrap.
Squish it into wrinkles. Put on a shelf to dry until the next day. They are done. Don't forget their names on the back!
When the plastic wrap is taken off the next day, it will give the appearance of under water scene. Take photos and email them to sharonroe1@me.com and I will put them on Artsonia
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