1. Inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe
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Inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe

2. Georgia’s childhood Georgia’s Home in Sun Prairie, WI
Georgia O’Keeffe was born in 1887 in Wisconsin. She grew up on a farm where she helped her family by cooking, sewing, and growing vegetables.
When she was five, Georgia went to school at a one-room schoolhouse. She didn’t like school but she did enjoy the private art lessons she took after school.
She knew she wanted to be an artist.
Georgia’s childhood Georgia’s Home in Sun Prairie, WI

3. When Georgia had finished school, she taught art lessons
When Georgia had finished school, she taught art lessons. She started to experiment with abstract art. She liked to draw curving lines with lots of shading. She even made some abstract paintings based on the things she saw in nature, like Evening Star IV, shown below.
In high school, Georgia moved to Virginia and discovered her love of drawing. She decided to go to college for art!

4. “A line is a dot that went for a walk. ”
-Artist Paul Klee
What is a Line? *Line is the most basic art and design element. *A line is the foundation, that other elements are built on. *If you were asked to make a drawing, most likely you would use a line at least to start with. *Lines were the simplest and most fundamental forms of communication, it was used by the ancient cave painters, and it is used in children's art today.

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In 1916, a photographer named Alfred Stieglitz got a hold of some of Georgia’s paintings. He showed them in his gallery without telling her. At first Georgia was upset, but she forgave him. He helped make Georgia’s art famous.
In 1918, Georgia got sick. While she recovered, she wrote letters back and forth with Stieglitz. The two fell in love and eventually got married.
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6. Georgia and Alfred bought a house on a lake where they lived in the summer time. Georgia loved it there. She used an old barn as her studio and she painted many paintings that were inspired by her natural surroundings. It was at the lake house that Georgia began creating the paintings she is most known for. She painted close-ups of flowers in bright, bold colors. No one had ever painted close-ups of flowers before, but some photographers of the time were taking close-up photos of flowers.

7. It was at the lake house that Georgia began creating the paintings she is most known for.
She painted close-ups of flowers in bright, bold colors.
No one had ever painted close-ups of flowers before, but some photographers of the time were taking close-up photos of flowers.

8. She continued to paint until she lost her eyesight.
She died in 1986
In the 1930s, Georgia took some trips to New Mexico. She loved it so much that she eventually moved there. She painted lots of paintings of the mountains, the desert, and the adobe houses. She especially loved to paint pictures of animal skulls. Sometimes she even painted desert landscapes and skulls on the same canvases.

9. Georgia’s Flowers What is different about Georgia’s Flowers
Georgia’s Flowers What is different about Georgia’s Flowers? Where did she place these flowers on her canvas?

10. What is the difference between these two paintings of a white flower?

11. THERE IS ONE RULE TODAY:
Open Composition? When the object in your painting seems to go beyond your paper or canvas
THERE IS ONE RULE TODAY:
YOUR FLOWER MUST BE SO BIG THAT IT TOUCHES AT LEAST 3 SIDES OF YOUR PAPER!
Try to make your flower be BIGGER that your paper!
Try making your lines run off the sides of your paper!
Closed Composition?
You can see all the edges and outlines of your object. Everything is contained in the boundaries of your page or canvas