Transcript Georgia O`Keefe: Making the Small Stuff Seem Important

Georgia O’Keeffe:
Making the Small Stuff Seem Important
Georgia Totto O'Keeffe
November 15,1887- March 6, 1986
American artist.
She is chiefly known for paintings of flowers, rocks, shells, animal
bones and landscapes.
Red Poppy
Georgia O’Keeffe
“I found I could say things with color and
shapes that I couldn't say any other way —
things I had no words for.”
“Still – in a way – nobody sees a flower –
really – it is so small – we haven’t time ’So I
said to myself – I’ll paint what I see – what
the flower is to me but I’ll paint it big and
they will be surprised into taking time to
look at it – I will make even busy New
Yorkers take time to see what I see of
flowers”
-Georgia O’Keefe
Georgia painted New
York City when she lived
there with her husband
Georgia painted scenes of
the desert when she lived
in New Mexico
The Color Wheel
Primary
Colors
•Red
Red
Orange
Purple
Yellow
Blue
•Blue
Green
Secondary Colors
•Purple
•Green
•Orange
Secondary
Colored
Pansies
1. Draw the flower with a center, black zig zags, and petals- Make it BIG!
-have some petals touch the edges of the paper
2. Fill the background with leaves
-Color the center with orange
-Color the leaves with greens –light and dark
-Color the petals with purple
-Use the q-tip to mix red and blue- use only one end of the q-tip – push the paint in the
direction of the petals