Georgia O'Keeffe Still Life

The high school students walked into class one morning to this . . .

I showed them a PowerPoint presentation about Georgia O'Keeffe and her "bone" drawings/paintings. Many know O'Keeffe for her large flower paintings such as these . . .

 

. . .but I wanted to focus on her skull drawings/paintings, such as these . . .

The students began this project by focusing on the still life props in the classroom.  They got up close, looked at the pieces from various perspectives, and chose to incorporate one element in a "rough draft" or sloppy copy as some call it.  Just a simple sketch to give them, and me, an idea of where they wanted to go with the piece.  Their instructions were to draw BIG and have one primary focal point.  Some details could be added:  a flower, a simple landscape, fencing, their imaginations ran rampant!  They also were limited to using drawing pencils and watercolor.  Most chose to stick with pencil while others ventured out of their comfort zones and dabbled in a bit of paint.  Here are the works in progress . . .

 

 

a few more . . .

 

 

 

After almost two weeks, here are the finished pieces. . .

. . .and here are some close ups-

I think they did a great job!
Mrs. J