Georgia O'Keeffe Flowers

who is georgia o'keeffe?

wiki description:

she made large-format paintings of enlarged blossoms

presenting them close up as if seen through a magnifying lens.

our project: make a georgia o'keeffe painting.

we picked a flower out of a flower pot

and made a view finder by cutting a square out of a piece of paper.

this is what i saw in my view finder:

through this project i learned that:

there are different ways to draw a flower.

by drawing close-up you can get a lot more detail.

there are different things you see when you stare at a flower for a while.

watercolors are really fun to work with.

why i did what i did:

i wanted to get a different view of flowers so i didn't

focus on the top of the flower,

i focused on the side.

i have had a little experience with watercolor so this was way fun for me.

although watercolors can be frustrating to work with

(i had to fix my painting a few times to get it right)

but in the end, im usually happy with the result.

i chose the blue background because i felt like it contrasted with the orange and green.

this is a great way for:

~students to explore using watercolors~

~to help students understand how to use a view finder~

~the students can learn more about a modern artist~

tutorial for this project:

http://silvermagpieart.blogspot.com/2014/12/georia-okeeffe-inspired-watercolor.html

and it can also be found on this blog:

http://kidartintheclassroom.blogspot.com/