What Paul Made - Valerie Downs

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Résumé :
A story inspired by artist Paul Klee's quote, A line is a dot that went for a walk WHAT PAUL MADE is a story about friendship, creativity, and the innocence of a child's imagination. Readers will follow a young Paul on a visual journey turning a simple stroll into an adventure full of color, nature, curiosity, and joy. Together with his dot, Paul returns home to discover his imagination created something wonderful. The story ends with an informative artist bio and a creative prompt bringing readers full circle into their own dot-inspired creation! - Famous for merging inner and outer worlds into his compositions, artist Paul Klee's artistic life began with a childhood filled with music, nature, and poetry. As a young man, Klee decided that visual expression was the creative path that interested him the most. It was then that Paul began a lifelong adventure of creating and developing his unique vision through artistic study, practice, and experimentation. Throughout his career, Klee remained dedicated to color theory practice while he experimented with materials and Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, Abstract Expressionist, Cubist, and Futurist concepts. Paul Klee eventually became an instructor at the Bauhaus and D?sseldorf Academy and was a member of the artistic movement called the Die Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider)....

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Valerie Downs is an artist, jewelry designer and educator with an MEd and BA from Loyola University Chicago. A recipient of the Chateau Orquevaux International Artist Residency with undergraduate scholarships to attend The School of the Art Institute Chicago. Her artworks and designs have been featured in Studio Visit Volume 7, Style lounges for both The Golden Globes and Sundance Film Festival and numerous magazines/galleries across North America. Clients include the Obama-Biden presidential campaign, The Second City, actresses Jessica Alba, Kristin Bell, and many more. Children's Author and Illustrator of What Paul Made- a story about a young Paul Klee and Pearl Learns to Play. A journal collection: Let Them Speak, Let Him Speak, Let Her Speak, I AM...Creating a positive inner dialogue one word at a time, and Hello ME: A journal of self-discovery, all available on Amazon. Valerie has an Illinois State Board of Education Professional Educators License, certified in K- 12 Art and K-6th General Education, with over 10 years of classroom, elementary art instruction and mindfulness experience. A 200-hour adult yoga-certified, trained Crisis Counselor with over 200 hours of experience and an animal rescue, trauma, and recovery volunteer. In her free time, Valerie enjoys creating Expressionist mixed media art, writing, paddle boarding on Lake Michigan, meditation, coffee shops, naps, and travel....