This is my favorite project of the year! It could be because O'Keefe is one of my all-time favorite artists, or maybe it was because of the excitement of the kids at making such a mess with a new medium. No, I think it's because the projects are just so GORGEOUS! This project was super messy, but sooooo worth it!
The first thing we did, was to watch a Brainpop Jr. video about Georgia O'Keefe. Students learned that her paintings express a mood and feeling and that she painted things around her, especially nature. She is known for painting flowers in way nobody ever had before - up close.
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| I showed students copies of her paintings... |
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| and photos of real flowers. |
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| Day 1: Students looked at the pictures of flowers on the board and chose one that inspired them. Then they drew the flower with pencil - making sure it went off the page. Then, using a mixture of black tempera and glue in a glue bottle, students traced their pencil lines. |
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| Day 2: Students used good quality chalk pastels to color in their flower. I taught them to color in the petals with one color, then add highlights with a lighter related color, and shadows with a darker color. They used the pictures of flowers on the board for inspiration when choosing their colors. They blended the colors with one finger. I sprayed them with workable fixative after school. |
Click here to see the lesson that inspired this project.
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