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Georgia Totto O’Keeffe
"I have but one desire as a painter – that is to paint what I see, as I see it, in my own way.”
Dead Rabbit with Copper Pot,1908
-Frustrated
-Mimetic
I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at - not copy it.
Georgia O'Keeffe
Exploration of her unique style
Blue II, 1916
O’Keeffe’s work discovered by Alfred Stieglitz.
Drawing XIII, 1915
Special No. 13, 1915
Early Abstraction, 1915
Married
Lake George, New York
Evening Star III
1917
White Shell with Red, 1938
Oriental Poppies, 1928
Perspective
Lawrence Tree, 1929
Above the Clouds, 1963
New Mexico
Ram’s Head with Hollyhock, 1935
Black Cross, New Mexico, 1929
Hills with the Pedemal, 1936
Ranchos Church, 1929
Medal of Freedom
Now it is your turn. Georgia O’Keeffe used bones in her paintings
You will be a bone detective.
You will create a close-up picture of a bone.
Bone Detective
Owl Pellet
You will be given parts of owl pellets.
Take the toothpick and remove the fur.
Set your bones aside as you find them.
Select a bone that has many details such as curves, interesting shapes or holes.
Pick one part of the bone and think if you will draw the bone from the top, the bottom or the side (perspective).
Select a bone to draw.
STOP!!!! FREEZE!!!
Please put your tools down.
Write your name on the back of your paper and set your paper aside.
Making a Diorama
Fold your paper in half corner to corner.
Repeat with the other corner. You have created a folded “X” with the center being where the two folds meet.
Determine the bottom of your picture.
Cut from one corner to the center of the paper.
Fold one side of the cut under the other side of the cut and glue.
STOP!!!! FREEZE!!!
Put your tools down.
Place remaining pellets in your baggie.
Glue the bones you would like to use onto your picture.
Clean up! Place art work in designated area.
Clean up table space…throw all tooth picks and pellet remains you do not want in the garbage. Take home pellets if you would like but remember to wash your hands after touching them!
Wash your hands or use sanitizer today.
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