Step 1 - Introducing the Georgia O Keeffe Slideshow Guide

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2 Step 1 - Introducing the Georgia O Keeffe Slideshow Guide MOTIVATION BEGIN READING HERE You usually Meet the Masters by looking at slides of their artwork and hearing about their lives. Today you will get to hear the real voice of our master artist, Georgia O Keeffe! She will tell you all about her artwork and her life in her own words. This famous artist will share her feelings and ideas with you while you enjoy seeing her paintings. Before we hear directly from our artist, let me further introduce her. Today we will meet master artist Georgia O Keeffe. What year did Georgia O Keeffe die? (1986, POINT TO EASEL) How old was she when she died? (98 YEARS OLD) Let s put ourselves in the period of Georgia s lifetime. Her lifetime as an American spanned nearly one hundred years. Imagine the contrast between riding in horse-drawn carriages as a child to watching men land on the moon as an adult! Do you think there were many women artists in the early 1900s? (NO) She was a very independent woman for her time, and she fit in very well with her male artist friends. O Keeffe was a very popular and famous American artist. As happens with fame, many people were curious about her life and her art. So she agreed to be interviewed. That interview was recorded and you will hear parts of it today. She was in her 90 s when this interview took place, so her voice is not always strong and clear. You will have to listen carefully to catch her words, but remember, she might give you information that will help you with our ending game. Click Start Lesson To Begin 1. WHITE ROSE II Click Audio I see shapes. It s as if my mind creates shapes that I don t know about. I can t say it any other way. I get this shape in my head, and sometimes I know what it comes from, and sometimes I don t. And I think with myself that there are a few shapes I have repeated a few times, and I haven t known I was repeating them until after I had done it. End Of Audio Continue Reading What did O Keeffe see in her mind? (SHAPES) Has your mind ever thought up a shape to draw or maybe just imagine? Well, besides just thinking up shapes, Georgia had the talent to beautifully turn those shapes into works of art, like you just saw. 1 GEORGIA O KEEFFE Ages 8 9 MeetTheMasters Online Edition

3 2. PINK TULIP Do you collect something? Georgia had two special collections. Artificial flowers were one of the things she collected. Why do you think an artist would collect artificial flowers? (TO DRAW AND PAINT) Let s remember, though, were O Keeffe s paintings realistic or abstract? (ABSTRACT) So would her painting of this flower look just like it? (NO) 3. RED CANNA I want you to pretend that you are a photographer that I hired to photograph a flower in a unique way using a zoom lens. (OPTIONAL: USE AN ARTIFICAL OR REAL FLOWER WITH LESSON) A powerful zoom lens would bring you closer and closer to the flower. As that happens, you of course see less and less of the flower as it is SCALED to a larger size. If you use your zoom lens, what would you see of the flower through your camera lens? (PETALS, VEINS, CENTER, STEM) Georgia looked at her collection of artificial flowers as if she had a zoom lens as part of her eyes. She SCALED UP the flowers when she painted. Let s look again. Click Back 2. PINK TULIP What abstract part of the flower could she be showing us? (PETALS, CENTER) Why do you suppose she scaled flowers up to be so large? I ll let Georgia answer that. Listen to her reason. Click Audio There was a collection of paintings in New York that I would see every once in a while, and they had a new painting, but it was a floral painting, about 20 x 16 maybe. But the flower was beautifully painted, and I thought, now if I would paint that flower, just that flower, the size it is -- no one would ever look at it. But if I enjoy the flower, and I would paint the flower, I will paint it big, so they will have to look at it. End Of Audio Continue Reading Why did she scale up her flowers? (SO PEOPLE WOULD NOTICE THEM) Do you think her plan worked? She became very famous for her flower paintings. Click Next Twice 4. BLUE AND GREEN MUSIC Besides the shapes in these paintings, what else catches your attention? (COLOR) Look carefully. Do you see more than one color of blue in this painting. (YES) Do you see several colors of green too? We call those different colors of blue and green, VALUES of color. Values of a color can go from very light to very dark. 2 GEORGIA O KEEFFE Ages 8 9 MeetTheMasters Online Edition

4 5. SHADE AND TINT Let s find out how O Keeffe creates all those values. From looking at this chart, what do you add to a color to make it darker? (BLACK) Black added to a color makes a SHADE of that color. What would you add to make it lighter? (WHITE) White added to a color makes a TINT of that color. Now I want you to create a picture in your mind of brown hills. O Keeffe painted hills with so many values of brown that you can t even count them, and the result is a rich, interesting painting that captures the beauty of nature. See if her painting is anything like what you pictured in your mind. 6. THE MOUNTAIN, NEW MEXICO Let s experiment with shades and tints so that you really understand this art concept. I m going to point to a value in this painting, and you tell me if it is a shade or a tint. (POINT TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT VALUES) Well done! Now you will know how to create your own tints and shades for your art activities. Georgia O Keeffe was born and lived in the United States for her entire life. She lived in New York for many years, but she preferred another part of America. Her favorite place was a world completely different from New York, and that s where she painted these beautiful hills. Let s look at another view of those hills she loved as she tells you all about her favorite place. 7. BLACK CROSS, NEW MEXICO AUDIO WILL AUTOPLAY When I got to New Mexico, that was mine. As soon as I saw it, that was my country. I d never seen anything like it before, but it fitted to me exactly. It s something that s in the air. The sky is different; the stars are different. The wind is different. I shouldn t say too much about this, because other people might get interested, and I don t want them interested. END OF AUDIO CONTINUE READING These hills were part of the landscape that she loved to visit and paint when she left her home in New York. She would hike all over the desert to find vistas to paint and would set up her easel and stay for as long as the daylight held. What part of the United States did she say it is? (NEW MEXICO) This painting is titled Black Cross, New Mexico. O Keeffe fell in love with that landscape the first time she visited. She described it as a place with 3 GEORGIA O KEEFFE Ages 8 9 MeetTheMasters Online Edition

5 terrible winds and a wonderful emptiness. What else did she love about New Mexico? (STARS, SKY, WIND) Let s look at the colors in this dramatic painting. What creates contrast? (BLACK CROSS, SIZE OF CROSS, COLORS OF HILLS) Notice how each hill has a shade and a tint of its own. What color is the sky? (WHITE) Blue is not used in the sky but in the hills. Did she want you to look first at the sky or the hills? (HILLS) Georgia visited New Mexico in the summer. What would the weather be like in New Mexico then? (VERY HOT) But she didn t let that stop her from hiking and painting. She would drive her car across the wide-open deserts where only Native Americans had been before. To stay out of the scorching desert sun, she found the only shade available, under her car. So after eating her lunch, she would climb under the car. She said it wasn t a very pleasant place to be, but it was better than nothing! Remember I told you Georgia liked to collect things. Do you remember what she collected? (ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS) She had another collection, a very unusual one; I bet you have never heard of this collection before! Let me show you. 8. PELVIS WITH SHADOWS AND THE MOON What did she collect on the dry deserts of New Mexico? (BONES) When Georgia had to return to New York, she wanted to take something with her to remind her of the place she loved. And this is what she chose! As she hiked over the deserts and hills, she would collect dried, bleached bones. Do we usually associates bones with death? (YES) Not Georgia! She saw the beautiful shapes and thought the bones were very lively! Look at this bone as Georgia did, noticing the shapes created against the blue sky. Do you think the bones are lively, like Georgia did? When she had to return to New York each year to be with her husband, she would pack up a big barrel of bones. She accomplished two things by doing that. She could paint them all winter, and she had something to remind her of the desert she loved. 9. RED, WHITE, AND BLUE With this painting she tried to show something not related to bones at all. Let s see if you can guess what it was. Here is your clue. Look at the colors. (RED, WHITE, BLUE) With what do we usually associate the colors red, white, and blue? (AMERICAN FLAG) Georgia said she wanted this to be strictly an American painting. She was very proud of her country and showed it in this unusual way. 4 GEORGIA O KEEFFE Ages 8 9 MeetTheMasters Online Edition

6 10. PHOTO OF ARTIST BY ALFRED STIEGLITZ Sometimes Georgia combined the mountains she loved with her bone paintings. This background shows her favorite mountain called the Pedernal. Is it a flat-topped mountain - - a mesa? (YES) She enjoyed painting it over and over again, sometimes with her special bones as you see here. After hearing her voice, would you like to see a photograph of Georgia O Keeffe? She was married to a very famous photographer, and he took hundreds of pictures of her over a thirty-year period. Do you think she enjoyed posing for him? Do you think she posed painting a flower, a landscape, or bones? Let s find out. 11. PHOTO OF ARTIST BY ALFRED STIEGLITZ In Georgia s words, posing for her husband drove her crazy! The cameras at that time required you to hold still for three to four minutes for each photo. Have you ever experienced being told to hold perfectly still, only to develop an itch and an uncontrollable desire to scratch it? That s what happened to Georgia while posing for Alfred Stieglitz. She said in those endless three or four minutes she would feel more itchy places than you could possibly imagine. It also interrupted her painting time, and she guarded that time for herself. What is Georgia painting in this photo? (FLOWERS) Do you think it will be just that size? (NO) Show me how big it might be. (LARGE) Now it s time to review all you ve learned about Georgia O Keeffe in a fun way. Click Next To Begin Quiz Quiz Answers 1. Shape Yes 2. Abstract Yes 3. Cowboys No 4. New Mexico Yes 5. Fish No 6. Tint Yes 7. Realistic No 8. France No 9. Value Yes Years Old Yes 5 GEORGIA O KEEFFE Ages 8 9 MeetTheMasters Online Edition

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8 Step 2 - Learning From: Georgia O Keeffe Color Values To balance the light and dark areas (values) of her paintings, O Keeffe used tints and shades. The values in the drawings on the right have been left out. Use tints and shades to put them back. Follow the directions. Tint Method Color + white = tint Color all areas of this flower, lightly with one color. To tint this flower, color over it very lightly with your white crayon. Shade Method Color + black = shade Color all areas of this bud, lightly with one color. To shade this bud, color over it lightly with your black crayon. 7 GEORGIA O KEEFFE Ages 8 9 MeetTheMasters Online Edition

9 Scale Georgia O Keeffe scaled up small flowers to very large sizes. To enlarge or scale up a drawing: Notice where lines hit edges on the small square, and mark them on the large square. Study the curve of the lines between the points before copying them. Copy each drawing, but scale it up to fit in the bigger box. 8 GEORGIA O KEEFFE Ages 8 9 MeetTheMasters Online Edition

10 Texture and Color Values 1. Fill this rounded shape with straight pencil strokes. 2. Fill this rounded shape with rounded pencil strokes. Which looks more round, the first circle or the second circle? 1. Color the leaf with strokes going in different directions. 2. Color this leaf with strokes following the direction of growth out of the stem. Which looks more realistic? Leaf 1 or leaf 2? View Finder - Save this for your project. Just as photographers look through the camera to frame a picture, artists sometimes use a view finder to find the best view to paint or draw. This will be your view finder for your art project. 9 GEORGIA O KEEFFE Ages 8 9 MeetTheMasters Online Edition

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12 The last few pages of this section contain the Art Activity for Georgia O Keeffe. This stepby-step outline will be a guide for instructing your child(ren) through the activity. The parent/instructor should review all steps necessary to complete this project before beginning any work. Cut out the Artist Profile Slip below and attach it to the back of the completed art project. Georgia O Keeffe (oh-keef) - American Georgia O Keeffe was a famous female American artist. Her modern desert and botanical paintings inspired our young artists as they painted in her style. Her love of the American Southwest was reflected in her work. ART ACTIVITY EMPHASIS: Color Values MEDIA: Black Crayons Drawing / Paint Crayons Georgia O Keeffe (oh-keef) - American Georgia O Keeffe was a famous female American artist. Her modern desert and botanical paintings inspired our young artists as they painted in her style. Her love of the American Southwest was reflected in her work. ART ACTIVITY EMPHASIS: Color Values MEDIA: Black Crayons Drawing / Paint Crayons 11 GEORGIA O KEEFFE Ages 8 9 MeetTheMasters Online Edition

13 Step 1 - Working With: Art Activity Instructions ARTIST Georgia O Keeffe (oh-keef) ( ) American ART ELEMENTS Color Value MEDIA Watercolor and crayon VOCABULARY Background, foreground, landscape, tint, shade, shape TECHNIQUE Color values with watercolor EMPHASIS Tints and shades VISUAL Print: Red Canna SUGGESTED MUSIC Music from the 1900 s MATERIALS FOR INSTRUCTOR AND CHILDREN One 12 X 12 white construction paper One 12 X 18 sheet of newsprint Paper towel Artist profile slip One set of small botanical prints Box of Payons (watercolor crayons) Watercolor paintbrush Water cup Black crayon Masking tape (one 2 piece per child) Water pitcher (for instructor only) Scissors One view finder from last page of Learning Packet Pencil Glue PREPARATION Construct an example to become familiar with the procedure. Place the O Keeffe print and demonstration papers where they can be easily seen. Arrange materials nearby. SET-UP [ 5 minutes ] Distribute the following materials to each child: SUPPLIES: Brush, Payons, black crayon, botanical prints, masking tape (2 piece each). Distribute water cups and water after students have finished using Payons. PAPER: White paper, newsprint, paper towel, and artist profile slip ORIENTATION [ 5 minutes ] What is special about Georgia O Keeffe s paintings? (COLORS, SHAPES, BONES, AMERICAN LANDSCAPES, LARGE FLOWERS) Today you will magnify or scale up and 12 GEORGIA O KEEFFE Ages 8 9 MeetTheMasters Online Edition

14 paint a leaf or a flower just as Georgia O Keeffe would have. You will show the TINT and SHADE of each color you use. You colored tints and shades with crayons in your Learning Packets. You enlarged leaf and flower shapes. Then you learned how to use the direction of your strokes to make something look realistic. Now you are ready to use what you ve learned! Let s get organized so we can begin! DEMONSTRATION AND ACTIVITY ORGANIZE YOUR WORK AREA [ 2 minutes ] 1. Place your newsprint horizontally (DEMONSTRATE) on your workspace, with your white paper and Learning Packet on top. 2. Put your small flower print beside your white paper. 3. Open your Payons and place them on a newsprint corner. 4. Place your scissors, pencil and artist profile slip at the top corner of your workspace. THE VIEW FINDER [ 5 minutes ] In order to zoom in on the part of the flower you want to enlarge or scale up, you will need a view finder to help you frame your picture or to find a view for your picture. This is how to make one: 1. Turn to the last page of your Learning Packet. 2. Follow the dotted line to cut out the view finder. Cut very slowly. It is important to stay on the dotted line so that your view finder will be perfectly square. 3. Place your view finder over the flower print. Move it around until you see an arrangement that interests you. Try to include some white space in the arrangement. Look for a balance of light and dark areas. When you are happy with it, tear your piece of masking tape in half and tape the view finder in place on the print (in two places). (Have the students find their views; check papers.) THE DRAWING [ 10 minutes ] 13 GEORGIA O KEEFFE Ages 8 9 MeetTheMasters Online Edition

15 Draw your view on your white paper. Make it large enough to fill the paper: You are enlarging the view from 1 x 1 to 12 x Notice where lines hit edges on the view finder and mark them on your large paper. If a line hits an edge of the view finder in the middle (demonstrate with a dot) it will also hit the edge of the white paper in the middle (mark with a dot). 2. Then study the curve of the lines between the points you have marked, and LIGHTLY sketch those lines on your paper. 3. For lines not touching an edge; estimate how far they are from lines or points you have drawn. COLORING WITH THE PAYONS [ 20 minutes ] 1. Use the Payons to color different sections of the drawing. Contrast light colors with dark. Encourage the students to leave white spaces. 2. Press hard where it is very dark and ease up on the lighter areas to show the many values of each area -- tints and shades. 3. Keep the Payon stroke going in the direction of the growth of the leaf or flower. 4. Go over all of your best outlines with a black crayon. This will create the wax dam to keep the Payon colors from running together when we add water. (Have the students draw and color for at least 25 minutes. Play the music.) PAINT ONE SECTION AT A TIME [ 5 minutes ] (Stop the work for this demonstration) Have the students pack up and close the Payons before they begin painting with the water. You will add water to the flower in the sections that are divided by your black lines. Watch, so you ll know how: 1. Dip the brush into the water and tap the bristles gently on the rim of the cup, keeping the tip pointed. 2. Hold the brush the way an artist does; toward the end of the handle, with your arm up, parallel to the desk. When you make a stroke, use a sweeping motion. 3. As you add water, the crayons turn into paint. The fewer strokes you use the fresher and brighter the color will be. Only use enough water to make the crayon colors turn to paint the paper should not be saturated or have puddles. 4. Keep each color separate by cleaning your brush with each color change. Do not go from one section to another, but paint each separately. Begin with lightest colors first. 14 GEORGIA O KEEFFE Ages 8 9 MeetTheMasters Online Edition

16 CLEAN YOUR BRUSH! Rinse your brush in the water and dry it gently to a point on the paper towel. MOUNTING THE ARTIST PROFILE SLIP [ 2 minutes ] (Profile slips for each artist are provided. They give a brief description of the artist, the technique, and the media used in the art activity. They should be mounted to the back of each art project after it is completed.) 1. Write your name on the front of the artist profile slip. 2. Using glue, mount the profile slip on the back of your artwork. 3. Encourage students to discuss their artwork with others using this artist slip of information. CONCLUSION Why did Georgia O Keeffe say she painted her flowers so large? (SO PEOPLE WOULD NOTICE HER PAINTINGS) As I look at your beautiful creations. I think she was right. I would certainly notice your paintings! Your excellent and dramatic colors along with the views you chose would really please Georgia O Keeffe. GUIDANCE Watch the clock! This project takes a lot of time, so keep demonstration times to a minimum! THIS CONCLUDES THE GEORGIA O KEEFFE UNIT. 15 GEORGIA O KEEFFE Ages 8 9 MeetTheMasters Online Edition