Flowers with Georgia O'Keeffe (ASAP)

Discussion: 

ARTIST: Georgia O’keeffe 

known for painting large flowers

Show the examples of her work  in the book provided

            What Details do you see in her work

            can you see the veins of the flowers?

            what colors does she use?

            how do you think she created this artwork

            Do you see line? Shape?

ARTIST: Georgia O'Keeffe

         (1887-1986)

         * American abstract painter born in Wisconsin. 

* She attended the Art Institute of Chicago, 

* the Art Student's League in New York, 

* Colombia Teacher's College in New York. She was an art teacher 

* all of the above before she became a full time artist. 

* married A very famous photographer

* She was a leader in the development of the American Modernism Movement. 

* O'Keeffe painted still lifes, massive flowers, the New York at Night series, southwestern landscapes and stark bones found in the desert. 

* In 1939, she was selected as one of the twelve most outstanding women of the past fifty years by the New York World's Fair Committee. 

* Her painting, Sunset-Long Island, was chosen to represent New York in an exhibition of the art of the United States at the World's Fair. 

* In 1985, O'Keeffe was granted the Medal of Arts by President Ronald Reagan

for additional information, please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_O'Keeffe

PROJECT:

Fill the small card with a flower and wonderful color

Step 1: You will need oil pastels and a 3x3 card

Step 2: use a pencil to lightly draw your flower. Feel free to have it run off the page like our artist

Step3: Using oil pastel Fill your flower with color and fill in your background. 

             remember to apply weight to the oil pastel so it goes on very thick

             you can blend the colors with your fingers or the blending stick

MATERIALS: 

Cray pas

3x3 card stock

pencils

Window Suprises with Georgia O'Keeffe

Discussion: adding a house into a landscape

Landscape: what is it?

  what is the first line you draw to create a landscape?

  HORIZON LINE: what does it separate?

       does it have to be in the middle of your page?

       if the horizon line is at the top of the page (background) you will have more land then sky

       if the horizon line is at the bottom of the page (foreground) you will have more?

I am from NC and I attended college in the capital in Raleigh, NC

Right around the corner from campus is the NCMA

My favorite piece in their collection is now and will always be Georgia O'Keeffe's

Cebolla Church 

she squeezes the church into the rectangle of the canvas. 

Such brutal cropping robs the church of any sense of place.

 It is not a place but an object, not all that different from an apple on a table

Best part: what’s in the window?

What do you think it is

How is this painting different then her other work?

I love how flat the paint is not at all textured like van Gogh yesterday

What is happening in the piece?

In New Mexico

ARTIST: Georgia O’Keeffe 

(November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986) 

American artist. 

O'Keeffe was a major figure in American art from the 1920s. 

She received widespread recognition for her technical contributions, as well as for challenging the boundaries of modern American artistic style. 

She is known for paintings of flowers, animal bones, and landscapes in which she synthesized abstraction and representation.

O'Keeffe played a central role in bringing an American art style to Europe at a time when the majority of influence flowed in the opposite direction. 

This feat enhanced her art-historical importance given that she was one of few women to have gained entry to this level of professional influence. 

She found artistic inspiration in the rural Southwest, particularly in New Mexico, where she settled late in life

Project: Create an O’Keeffe style home on painting paper

Step 1: draw the home

Remember to fill the page with it

Remember to add two windows

Step2: create an addition coming toward the viewer

Step3: draw the horizon line behind the home

Step4: make sure the roof angled at the top

Step5: fill in the Home with a neutral color like brown or yellow or white

Step6: fill in the roof with dark grey or black

Step7: fill in the sky and clouds

Step8: fill in the grass or ground in the foreground

Step9: add shadows on the house under roofs and windows

Step10: last: add something in the window…

Materials:

Thick paint paper

Tempera paint or acrylic in neutral colors and bright blues and greens

Brush 

Water

Pencil 

ADDITIONS: if there time at the end of class or during your recap at your next class you could allow each child to tell what the secret in their window is...

Repousse' sculpture with Georgia O'Keeffe

PREPARATION: cut foil, drawing paper and foam core to the same size before class begins. 6"x6" squares are ideal for this project.

Discussion: Form 

Form: to give shape to a thing or person

Sculpture

What is sculpture made from? wood, metal, plaster, wax, 

Repousse’: a metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side

The word repoussé is French and means "pushed up", 

Repoussage is actually the correct noun to refer to the technique, with repoussé

being an adjective referring to a piece to which the technique has been applied

English it has become common to use repoussé as a noun, and this usage is reflected in this article.

Most Famous Sculpture done with this technique? Statue of Liberty in New York

ARTIST: Georgia O’Keeffe 

(November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986) 

American artist. 

O'Keeffe was a major figure in American art from the 1920s. 

She received widespread recognition for her technical contributions, as well as for challenging the boundaries of modern American artistic style. 

She is known for paintings of flowers, animal bones, and landscapes in which she synthesized abstraction and representation.

O'Keeffe played a central role in bringing an American art style to Europe at a time when the majority of influence flowed in the opposite direction. 

This feat enhanced her art-historical importance given that she was one of few women to have gained entry to this level of professional influence. 

She found artistic inspiration in the rural Southwest, particularly in New Mexico, where she settled late in life

Project: Create O’Keeffe Flowers as relief sculpture on tooling foil 9:30-10:30

Step 1: On paper, Using one minute  Blind Contour, practice drawing the group of flowers     Repeat 3-5 times

Step2: pick your favorite drawing of all the flowers or one flower

Step3: Tape drawing to 6" square of tooling foil (aluminum, copper or brass).

Step 4: Lay on pad of newspaper (or foam pads, if available).

Step 5: Trace over all lines with a ball point pen or popsicle stick - Remove drawing from foil.

Step 6: The Tool flower is in relief from back side - repoussee.

Step 7: Turn back over to front side and refine edges of flower.

Step 8: Add any textural effects desired.

Step 9: Color with permanent markers.

Step 10: adhere to same size cardboard or foam core

Materials:

Flowers or silk flowers. 

Square paper for blind contour drawings

Square tooling foil (or any desired size). 

Masking tape

Ball point pens or Popsicle sticks

Newspaper pads 

Permanent markers

Foam Core cut to the same size as the foil 6"x6" squares are ideal

SHADING WITH WATERCOLOR and GEORGIA O’KEEFFE

6 grade-8 grade

DISCUSSION: WATERCOLOR Techniques:
Wet on Wet
Wet on Dry
Wash
Using a paper towel to control the paint

Pass out a photograph of a different flower to each student. I gave both Black and white and color photos so they could see all the details.

Ask each student to talk about their flower

ARTIST: Georgia O'Keeffe (November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986)
An American artist.
O'Keeffe was a major figure in American art from the 1920s.
She received widespread recognition for her technical contributions, as well as for challenging the boundaries of modern American artistic style.
She is known for paintings of flowers, animal bones, and landscapes in which she synthesized abstraction and representation.
O'Keeffe played a central role in bringing an American art style to Europe at a time when the majority of influence flowed in the opposite direction.
This feat enhanced her art-historical importance given that she was one of few women to have gained entry to this level of professional influence.
She found artistic inspiration in the rural Southwest, particularly in New Mexico, where she settled late in life.

PROJECT: create a Georgia O'Keeffe Flower in watercolor
Tape your edges so you have a crisp white border around your watercolor
Step1: Draw your flower in a quick one minute blind contour drawing
FILL YOUR 12x18 page with the flower
Step2: Find the light parts of your flower and the dark parts of your flower
Step3: using watercolor techniques discussed begin to fill in your flower adding shade and tints
Step4: Finish your flower

MATERIALS:
Liquid watercolors
Paper towels
Pencils
Masking tape
Water
brushes

Leaf Prints With Georgia O’Keeffe

DISCUSSION: Color
What is color?
Why is it so important in life/art?
Where does it come from?
Where do we see all the colors in nature

Primary Colors? What are they
Secondary colors? Where do they come from?
Color wheel: what is it?

Read the book “Who loves the fall?” or another book that illustrates color change.

ARTIST: Georgia O'Keeffe
1887-1986
Shw was an American artist.
O'Keeffe was a major figure in American art from the 1920s.
She is chiefly known for paintings of flowers, rocks, shells, animal bones, and landscapes
she synthesized abstraction and representation.
Her paintings present crisply contoured forms that are replete with subtle tonal transitions of colors.
She often transformed her subject matter into powerful abstract images.

PROJECT: Print leaves on black paper with mixing color background
Step1: Paint the back of your leaf with white paint
Step2: print it on the black paper
Step3: double dip your cotton ball into two different paint colors
Step4: Paint the background of the work by printing your cotton balls

Materials:
Red, blue yellow paint
Cotton Balls
Leaves
White paint
Black Paper

Georgia O'Keeffe Symmetrical Flowers

DISCUSSION:

symmetrical? What does that mean? Big Word that just means the same on both sides

Your face is symmetrical

Can you tell me a great natural example of symmetry? Butterfly.

Show Georgia O'keeffe's: white flower on red earth

discuss with the students how it is the same on both side

show how it is different on both sides

ask them if they like the piece?

when would they see that flower, in spring or winter?

how would it smell?

ARTIST:

Georgia O'Keeffe

Known for painting LARGE flowers

Lived in Santa Fe New Mexico

Famous in her lifetime for her work

Also painted skulls

Married a famous photographer who changed the way she saw her artwork

PROJECT:

Step1: cut out a symmetrical vase for your flowers

Fold your paper in half

Cut fun shapes up the side WITHOUT the fold

Open your vase

Step2: glue your vase on your page, paper should be vertical

Step3: using sponges pick up paint and print flowers above your vase in all different colors

Step4: add stems using a brush

Step5: turn in your project and clean your space

MATERIALS:

Scrap paper for vases

Glue

Scissors

Sponges cut into petal shapes

Paint

Brushes

Water