Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Georgia O'Keefe

Today we will be looking at an artist by the name of Georgia O'Keefe.
Georgia was and American artist born on November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986
  She was born in Wisconsin. She was known for her large-format paintings of enlarged blossoms, presenting them close up as if seen through a magnifying lens.

Goal- Select a flower from the internet or a book that you would like to focus on as if looking through a magnifying glass. Once you have selected your flower you will use oil pastels to replicate that flower onto white drawing paper. After you have finished with your drawing you will use a paint thinner called turpentine to blend your oil pastel colors together on your paper. Do not worry if you loose some of the detail in the flower, once the turpentine dries you may go back in with more oil pastel
 I will be looking for:
proportionately drawn flowers
 use of the whole sheet of paper
 blended your colors
more  added detail     

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