Georgia O’Keefe Pastel Flowers Presentation modified and prepared by Marni Sheppard 2017-18 3rd Grade Art Project Northwood Elementary PTA Art Docent Program

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Lesson Overview 1 Medium: Construction paper, Pastel Chalk, Glue Lesson: Color Gradients and Depth Volunteers needed: 2 Time: 60 Minutes Project Overview/Skills Students will look at and discuss artwork of Georgia O’Keefe. See slides below for detail. Vocabulary highlights, shading, color gradient scales, outline, overlapping, contrast, warm colors, cool colors, color families, and neutral colors Resources Power Point Presentation One Hunderd Flowers by Georgia O’Keefe (coffee table book)

O’Keefe Pastel Flowers Materials 12x18 white construction paper- 1 per student 9x12 colored construction paper- 1 per student Black construction paper- 4x6 size, for each student Pastel chalk Fixative spray Butcher paper for under project while spraying adhesive Glue stick Scissors Post-Lesson Email the Parent Letter for this lesson to your room parent (available on the PTA website under ”Art Docent Volunteer Resources”) and ask your room parent to forward it to the class. The letter gives the parents context for the lesson their student completed and this step helps ensure on-going support of the Northwood PTA Art Docent program!

Georgia O’Keefe American painter 1887-1986 Spent many years painting in New Mexico Considered the Mother of American Modernism She was best known for her paintings of enlarged flowers, New York skyscrapers and New Mexico landscapes. “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.” ~Georgia O’Keefe

Modernism There is no single date for the beginning of the modern era in America, as dozens of painters were active at the beginning of the 20th century. It was the time when the first cubist landscapes, still-life and portraits appeared; bright colors entered the palettes of painters, and the first non-objective paintings were displayed in the galleries. The modernist movement during the formative years was also becoming popular in New York City by 1913 The beginning of American modernist painting can be dated to the 1910s. The early part of the period lasted 25 years and ended around 1935, when modern art was referred to as avant-garde (experimental, radical, unorthodox or pushing the boundaries of what is accepted as the norm. The 1913 Armory Show in New York City displayed the contemporary work of European artists, as well as Americans. The Impressionist, Fauvist and Cubist paintings startled many American viewers who were accustomed to more conventional art. However, inspired by what they saw, many American artists were influenced by the radical and new ideas. The early 20th century was marked by the exploration of different techniques and ways of artistic expressiveness. NOTE: If you do not have helpers you may want to skip this info and get to the project

Flowers – What do you see? See the color grade variations

Flowers What do you notice about these flowers? colors size patterns Fills the page Several shades of the same color Background variances

Today’s Project Chalk on large white paper Spray Cut out petal shapes Glue to small colored paper Black details

Step 1 – Chalk on white paper Select a chromatic color scheme such as Yellow-orange- red Pink- purple- blue Yellow-lime- green Fill in large white paper with progressive color changes Orient color stripes diagonally on the paper or make wavy lines Smear chalk to fill in gaps and blur changes between colors Wash hands! Not smeared = not as good Smeared = good

Step 2 – Spray fixative When you are finished filling in your chalk page, let a parent know. Parents will spray the fixative outdoors. The fixative makes it so that it will no longer smear. It may need a few minutes to dry.

Step 3 – Cut petal shapes Your flower will need to fill the entire page and can even go off the edge of the page. Look at your stripes and think of how the petals can be arranged with the color changing stripes parallel to the edge of the petal shape (not through it) Cut petal shapes from your chalk page You will need at least 8 and the sizes should vary a little so that the outside petals are larger than the inside

Step 4 – Arrange petals Choose a contrasting color as your background paper. Put your name on the back. Arrange your petals on your page so that the flower is NOT perfectly centered. Angled is good! Petals can go to the edge of the paper or a little bit over The biggest petals should be placed first to make a top and bottom petal. The smaller petals can help shape this into an oval or circle. Try to arrange it so that the edges of the petals contrast against each other.

Step 5 – Glue it down Use glue stick to glue layers down. You can start with smaller, inner petals, putting glue all the way to the edges. Be aware that some sections will need to stay up until the biggest petals are glued and THEN can be pushed down.

Step 6 – Black details Using the small black paper, cut out shapes for pistil, stamen, and other details for the center of the flower. Glue down

Display Once the project is finished, student work should be mounted on black paper and displayed either in the classroom or in the designated area in the hallway. If there are some who have not finished, please check with the teacher on how they would like to proceed. Do not assume that it ok to continue the project after the allotted time.