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O’Keeffe F lower Pa in t in g s
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“Georgia O’Keeffe: A Portrait,” “Georgia O’Keeffe: A Portrait,”
Photo by Alfred Stieglitz, 1918. Photo by Alfred Stieglitz, 1922
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1. Georgia O’Keeffe: Focused on transforming nature into abstraction. Known for close-ups of flowers & cow bones
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Cottonwood III, 1944
This is an abstracted landscape painting
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Qualities of Georgia O’Keeffe’s Paintings
• Naturalistic
• Abstract
• Organic Shapes
• Warm Colors
• Cool Colors
• Moody
Yellow Orchid Georgia O’Keeffe
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Facts on Georg ia O’Keeffe:
• Bor n in Su n Pr a ir ie, Wiscon s in ;
Moved to New Mex ico in 1949
• Stu died a t th e Ar t In s t itu te of Ch icag o an d a t
th e Ar t Stu den ts ’ Leag u e of New Yor k .
• Kn own for h er pu r ity of for m , close-u p views
of flower s & cow bon es
• Used h er a r t to ex pr ess ideas an d sen sa t ion s
th a t sh e cou ld n ot ex pr ess th r ou g h wor ds .
• O’Keeffe’s car eer span n ed th e en t ir e per iod of
m oder n a r t .
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“Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time … like to have a friend takes time.” Georgia O’Keeffe
What does O’Keeffe mean by this quote?
White Trumpet Flower
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Georgia O’Keeffe
started drawing &
painting with
“Naturalistic
Representation”
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Apple Family Still life:
Characteristics:
organic shapes,
warm colors,
blending
Value
contrast
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• O’Keeffe’s flowers gradually went from naturalistic
representations to less realistic looking abstractions.
They represent the beauty she saw in nature.
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“Calla Lilies,” 1924.
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“Red Canna,” 1923.
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“Petunia,” 1925.
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“Blue Flower,” 1918.
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“She portrayed the world simply as she saw it and her vision had many unusual perspectives. Flowers were her favorite
subjects and she would sometimes paint flowers very close-up or very far away, or sometimes she would only show us a part of her subject on the canvas. She gave us this new perspective because she wanted to make us look at the beauty of flowers
in a new way.”
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“Series I – From the Plains,” 1919.
• Abstract ion of Texas’s wide skies and fierce storms that underscores the sense of creative independence she had know there.
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“Out Back of Marie’s II”, 1930
• This painting consists of intense colors, sharp contrasts, and extraordinarily delineated contours of New Mexico’s landscape.
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Ram’s Head, Blue Morning Glory,” 1938,
• “The hard, intricate shapes of an animal’s skull and horns are offset by the soft, relatively simple petals of a flower. By juxtaposing two vastly different subjects for which she had become famous – flowers & skulls – O’Keeffe wittily implies that they are complementary forces in nature. “
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“Pelvis Series, Red with Yellow,” 1945.
• O’Keeffe collected cow
bones from the New
Mexico landscape and
painted some of them
with wild abstract colors.
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GEORGIA O’KEEFFE Series I: No. 1, No. 3 and No. 4
A series that represent O’Keeffe’s thoughts and emotions.
How might these paintings convey emotion?
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Why flowers?? Geor g ia O’Keeffe Sta tes : “A flower is r ela t ively sm all. Ever yon e h as
m an y associa t ion s with a flower. You pu t ou t you r h an d to tou ch th e flower - lean for war d to sm ell it -m aybe tou ch it with you r lips a lm os t with ou t th in k in g - or g ive it to som eon e to p lease th em . St ill ,in a way, n obody sees a flower, r ea lly, it is so sm all – we h aven ’t t im e an d to see tak es t im e, lik e to h ave a fr ien d tak es t im e. If I cou ld pa in t th e flower ex act ly as I see it n o on e wou ld see wh at I see becau se I wou ld pa in t it sm all lik e th e flower is sm all. So I sa id to m yself – I’ll pa in t wh at I see – wh at th e flower is to m e bu t I’ll pa in t it big an d th ey will be su r pr ised in to tak in g t im e to look a t it – I will m ak e even bu sy New Yor k er s t ak e t im e to see wh at I see of flower s .”
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Oleg Turchin – contemporary artist.
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Mrs. Meisner’s Examples
(Inspired by Okeeffe):
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Mrs. Meisner’s examples from Observation…
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Paint in Layers!
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Painting from Observation:
Photo of flowers I Painted from
My interpretation of the tulips
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Layers & Blending in Oil
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Adding a Background:
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Taking Photos is a good way to find a good composition:
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Bones!
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INTERESTING FACT
Did you know watercolor is spelled 2 ways?
WATERCOLOR- American
WATERCOLOUR- British
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WATERCOLOR TECHNIQUES
1. Color wheel – Y, O, R, P, B, G
2. Wash – Wet watery paint; Translucent
3. WET ON WET - using wet watery paint on wet paper.
4. WET ON DRY - wet paint on dry paper.
5. DRY ON DRY - paint with little water on dry paper.
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Examples …
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More techniques…
6. DRY ON WET - dry brush with little water on wet paper.
7. LIFTING OFF - applying wet paint to dry paint and blotting with a paper towel to lift off paint.
8. DROPPING IN COLOR - adding color to a wet area; let it blend/bleed & spread
9. Fade, Blend, Value scale
10. Modeled 3D objects – Making something look 3D with tints & shades
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Examples …
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FADE OR BLEND - Technique Painting 2 colors next to one another and letting them blend
together.
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VALUE GRADATION Using black or another color to make a color darker, or using more water to
make a color lighter.
http://caroljessen.blogspot.com/2009/11/exercise-in-gradation.html
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COLOR SCHEMES – combinations of colors that create a certain mood
1. Warm Colors
2. Cool Colors
3. Complimentary
4. Analogous
5. Monochromatic
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WARM: red, orange and yellow
Georgia O'Keeffe Paintings Oriental Poppies, 1927
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COOL: blue, green and purple
Georgia O'Keeffe Paintings Black and Purple Petunias
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COMPLIMENTARY COLORS Colors that are opposite on the color wheel.
Red & Green. Blue & Orange. Yellow & Purple.
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ANALAGOUS COLORS
Colors that are side by side on the color wheel.
painting.about.com/.../ ppfruit-MSutton.htm
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MONOCHROMATIC A single color with tints and shades.
www.creationartist.com/ 2008/11/color-schemes/
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Stop here.
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SKETCHBOOK PRACTICE
• 2 Sketch Book Pages
• 1st Page
– Separate into 6 sections.
– Choose 6 watercolor Techniques to practice.
• 2nd Page
– Separate into 6 sections
– Choose 6 color schemes to practice.
Wet on wet Wet on dry
Dry on dry Dry on wet
Lifting off Dropping in
color
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Basics of Drawing flowers…
1. Draw a rectangle border.
2. Lightly sketch out the basic shapes.
3. Modify stem, leaves, & petals to be in proportion
4. Shade in light, medium, & dark areas
5. Add details & color last. Use fades & blends.
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1. Zoom out – Lots of background space or
Multiple flowers.
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2. Zoom in – Flower fills the entire space. Some background is seen
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3. Zoom in more – Crop the flower the flower goes beyond the space
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4. Extreme close up or Abstraction
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Directions:
1. Draw oversized, organic shapes for flowers in pencil.
2. Paint a medium value color all over flower. Then paint background a darker or lighter value.
3. Add tints (lights) and shades (darks)
4. After it’s dry, add final darkest darks next to lightest lights for HIGH CONTRAST!
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PAINTING TIPS!
• Always put your name 1st.
• LIGHTLY SKETCH design in pencil first.
• PAINT IN LAYERS
– 1ST Paint bottom layers
– 2nd Paint middle layers
– 3rd Paint details/textures
• BRUSHES
– BIG for large spaces
– MEDUIM for medium spaces
– SMALL for details