Georgia O Keeffe

When you take a flower in
your hand and really look
at it, it’s your world for the
moment. I want to give that
world to someone else.
Georgia O’Keeffe

We have found ourselves photographing lots of flowers this first month of summer. When I saw Harmony Art Moms blog on Georgia O Keeffe ( http://harmonyartmom.blogspot.com:80/2008/06/georgia-okeeffe-flowers-and-so-much.html  ) it was as if a light bulb went off. My kids are drawing , painting and taking photos of flowers. A perfect time to study Georgia! Please check out Harmony Art Moms blog.

Who is Georgia O Keeffe?

We will spend some time learning about who Georgia was, her art, her poetry , her environments.

http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/home.aspx

http://www.noma.org/educationguides/OKeeffe.pdf

http://www.ellensplace.net/okeeffe1.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_O'Keeffe

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/okeeffe_g.html

http://www.metmuseum.org/TOAH/hd/geok/hd_geok.htm 

http://www.sullivangoss.com/georgia_OKeeffe/#Chronology

http://www.georgia-okeeffe.com/index.html

 Ideas:

We will be "doing" some Georgia O Keeffe style projects.

 http://www.nga.gov/kids/scoop-okeeffe.pdf

http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/high/ken-water.htm

http://gardenofpraise.com/art16.htm

Tissue Paper Flowers

http://www.uidaho.edu/ed/EDTECH/resources/art-methods/lesson-plans/lesson3.htm

Glue Contrast

We really had so much fun doing this. It was easy and the results beautiful every time.

http://www.kidzart.org/teacher.html#okeefe

Step One  ( let dry for at least 24 hours)

Photos by my 11yod

Step Two  ( we used oil chalks )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shells

“Each shell was a beautiful world in
itself . . . I have always enjoyed painting
them—and even now, living in the
desert, the sea comes back to me when
I hold one to my ear.” Georgia OKeeffe

http://www.nga.gov/kids/scoop-okeeffe.pdf

Images of Shell Paintings by Georgia OKeeffe

http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pimage?56395+0+0

http://www.art.com/asp/sp-asp/_/pd--13241181/sp--A/Tan_Clam_Shell.htm

http://thumbs.imagekind.com/museum/350X350/TEL/JPGS/MU463.jpg

 

A Bone

"Sun-bleached bones were most wonderful against the blue - that blue that will always be there as it is now after all man's destruction is finished." Georgia OKeeffe

http://www.kidsart.com/IS/438.html

Abstract

http://oseculoprodigioso.blogspot.com/2006/03/okeeffe-georgia-naturalismo-abstracto.html

Ideas across the learning scope

http://www.phillipscollection.org/american_art/learning/okeeffe-redleaves_learning.htm

Images below from http://www.tragsnart.co.uk/arthub/okeeffe/okeeffe.htm

 

"Fill a space in a beautiful way" ~ Georgia O'Keeffe