Georgia O’Keeffe: Making the Small Stuff Seem Important Georgia Totto O'Keeffe November 15,1887- March 6, 1986 American artist.

Red Poppy Georgia O’Keeffe She is chiefly known for paintings of flowers, rocks, shells, animal bones and landscapes.

“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 scenes of the desert when she lived in New Mexico Georgia painted New York City when she lived there with her husband

Red Purple Blue Green Yellow Orange Secondary Colors Purple Green Orange The Color Wheel

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