FLOWER GARDEN PAINTINGS BY GUSTAV KLIMT

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GUSTAV KLIMT AUSTRIAN PAINTER
1862-1918 Known for his mosaics and murals as
well as paintings
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FLOWER GARDEN PAINTINGS BY
GUSTAV KLIMT
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BAUERNGARTEN

• LOOK FOR
• Complementary colors
• Repetition
• Variety of size
• Kind of texture (does the visual texture appear
  rough or smooth?)

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LIFE TREE BY GUSTAV
KLIMTSWIRLS, TRIANGLES, RECTANGLES
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GUSTAV KLIMTSWIRLS/BLACK AND WHITE RECTANGLES
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LIFE TREE Detail

• LOOK FOR
• Spiral lines
• Black white rectangles
• Geometric shapes (circles, squares, rectangles)
• Repeat patterns

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THE KISS BLACK AND
WHITE RECTANGLES SIMPLE ABSTRACT FLOWERS
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THE KISS

• LOOK FOR
• Black and white rectangles
• Squares
• Spiral lines
• Simple abstract flowers
• Repeat patterns

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MY KLIMT FLOWER GARDEN

• Create a flower garden drawing using some of the
  elements and principles used by Gustav Klimt
• Spiral lines
• Simple colorful flowers
• Black white rectangles
• Repeat patterns
• Geometric shapes (circles, triangles, squares,
  rectangles)

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FLOWER GARDEN INSTRUCTIONS

• PAPER Use a darker paper like a paper sack
  color to draw your garden on.
• MEDIUM Use colored pencils to draw your flower
  garden.
• METHOD Be sure to repeat spiral lines
  throughout your garden.
• Use complementary colors (opposites) if you want
  to make your drawing vibrant.
• Cut out black white squares, rectangles, or
  triangles and glue them down the left side of
  your garden. Be sure and overlap your shapes.

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ELEMENTARY STUDENT EXAMPLES
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AN ELEMENTRY KLIMT GARDEN
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AN ELEMENTRY KLIMT GARDEN