Cana Rose, Kindergarten “Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes time - we haven't time - and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time” Georgia O'Keefe. Depending on the ages of the students this project is a matter of observation or magnification. For younger students we observe a picture of the of the flower. The flower is drawn in pencil and colored pencil and water color is used to fill in the color. For older students we use a view finder and isolate part of the flower to magnify. The flower is drawn in colored pencil and/or painted with watercolor. Sean, 2nd Grade Materials Pencil Colored Pencils Watercolors Brushes Watercolor paper Inspiration
Georgia O'Keefe (1887-1986) Was an American abstract painter born in Wisconsin. She attended the Art Institute of Chicago, the Art Student’s League in New York, and Colombia Teacher’s College in New York. She was an art teacher before she became a full time artist. 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.
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