Artist Study with Kids: Georgia O'Keeffe

This is the fourth mail service in my Artist Study with Kids series. I've shared with you our Henri Matisse "painting with pair of scissors" collage project, our Siona Delaunay paintings, and our Alexander Calder sculptures. Today I am presenting you with our flower paintings inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe, fabricated by kids ages 4-8. I only love the observations skills used. It makes me admire these sweet, petty paintings fifty-fifty more!

Georgia O'Keeffe was one of the most original American painters, famous for her big format flower paintings. Known for her fierce independence and her unique creative vision, she painted throughout most of the 20th century, spanning nigh the entire history of mod art in America. She died at the historic period of 98 in her home in New United mexican states, where she was endlessly inspired past the rugged terrain. I used to have a giant poster in my dorm room at fine art school of her poppy painting. She has always been one of those inspirational female artists that I dearest more each time I read about her.

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Supplies:

~ Paper (I used white sulphite paper cutting into 9″ x 9″ squares, or y'all tin use watercolor paper)

~ Pencil

~ liquid watercolors (this link is for a set, but you tin can purchase them individually)

~ Flowers (poppies would be ideal, but lilies would work as well)

As I had done for the other artists we studied, I wrote out some cardinal words virtually Georgia O'Keeffe and printed out some of her most famous paintings and so that we could take a small word about who she was, when she lived, and what her style was all almost.

Since I couldn't find whatsoever existent poppies, which would have been ideal, I made some paper flowers with crepe paper and wire. Ane more reason to love Pinterest! I literally searched at 10pm and found an like shooting fish in a barrel tutorial, and I was lucky enough to have the supplies (advantage of existence an art teacher!).

We talked nigh how Georgia O'Keeffe would depict her flowers so big that they went off the folio. This part was the most challenging for them, it felt unnatural to depict incomplete petals. But it was such a cracking learning experience. I really saw one of the kids, after on in the week, drawing something that went off the border. I sort of recollect she did this because the seed had been planted that this was fifty-fifty possible! It'due south what I love about studying artists. The kids acquire near new techniques, and for a brief moment they see things differently, and through the optics of an artist.

Although I really encouraged the use of black, simply i child used it prominently in their painting. I feel like I could have washed a better task with getting them to employ it somehow. I have some teacher skills to work on myself. I'grand learning every day.

Here is a keen Children's book almost Georgia O'Keeffe, one that I read to my class:

My Name is Georgia

Let me know if you try this with your kids, I'd dearest to encounter how it turns out!

xo, Bar

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