Paul Klee: Pattern Collage inspired by the painting "Rhythm"

• Paul Klee was the inspiration for three of the projects in pre-K this year. His investigations into the fundamental qualities of art (shape, color, pattern, etc.) make him an excellent topic of study for little artists.
• In this piece we noticed the repeating pattern of colors. Students replicated this pattern in collage, replacing gray with reflective silver pieces. The "ABC" pattern was not so difficult. The trouble was the fact that each row was not the same (ie did not begin with the same type of square as the row above). Students completing a row had to maintain the pattern as they moved down to the new row. This was surprisingly difficult.