Trees watercolor painting Tuesday, 10/09/2012

Emily Carr Trees 1871 - 1945

Emily Carr Trees

Emily Carr Trees

Emily Carr Trees

Emily Carr Trees

Emily Carr Trees

Emily Carr 1871-1945 Emily Carr was born in Victoria , British Canada in 1871. She loved to draw and her parents sent her to study art in London. She returned home and taught art to a ladies group for 4 years. She then traveled to Paris and studied art there. When she came back to Canada, she didn’t feel that people appreciated her modern painting style and she gave up painting for 15 years. During that time, she ran a boarding house, and wrote a book.

Emily Carr 1871-1945 Carr met some like minded artists and began painting again when she was 56 years old. She began to get recognition for her artwork, and is now a well known artist in Canadian history. She usually painted nature scenes. She had a heart attack and stopped painting, but continued to write books and had her first book published in 1945. She died at age 74 in Canada.

Your Emily Carr Tree Painting: First practice drawing trees: Trees grow out of the ground and are not sitting on top of the ground.

Your Emily Carr Tree Painting: First practice drawing trees: Draw the bottom of the tree and curve it gently out of the ground.

Your Emily Carr Tree Painting: First practice drawing trees: Do not place limbs directly across from each other like arms, but stagger them.

Your Emily Carr Tree Painting: First practice drawing trees: The limbs of a tree get smaller as they go out. The tree trunk gets slightly smaller as it goes up.

Your Emily Carr Tree Painting: First practice drawing trees: Add texture: by cross hatching or using wavy wood grain lines.

Your Emily Carr Tree Painting: After practicing, draw a 1 inch border around your paper, THEN… draw a minimum of 3 trees on your watercolor paper (you can draw more than 3 if you want).

Your Emily Carr Tree Painting: After drawing at least 3 trees on your watercolor paper … then add hills or other natural details (NO PEOPLE OR ANIMALS). You may add mountains or a moon.

Your Emily Carr Tree Painting: After drawing hills or other natural details (NO PEOPLE OR ANIMALS). You may add mountains or a moon….outline all lines in your entire drawing with a black marker or black sharpie.

Your Emily Carr Tree Painting: Then take a white crayon and add swirls and lines any where you choose…the paint will resist where there is crayon. LAST STEP: Paint with watercolor paints…starting with the background first and moving forward.

Emily Carr Tree Painting Grading Here is a copy of what is expected (including not losing the rubric when given to you): Followed directions: Completed all 6 steps in order given and with great technique and detail/creativity. Drawing: Drawing is expressive and detailed. Shapes, patterns, rendering and/or texture are used to add interest to the piece. Color: Choice and application of color shows an advanced knowledge of color relationships. Color choice enhances the idea being expressed. Planning/design/composition: Student can describe in detail at any point during the planning/execution process how they envision the final product and how they intend to reach their goal. Very focused and goal-oriented.

Emily Carr Tree Painting Practice drawing trees first: http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=trees&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&biw=1093&bih=499