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Georgia O'Keefe
Introduce the art of Georgia O'Keefe to you class. Here, you'll find brief information about her life and art style, as well as eight of her famous flower paintings. Learners will be able to analyze the organic shapes and colors she used...
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Abstract Flowers Inspired By Georgia O'Keeffe
High schoolers create a drawing of a flower using Georgia O'Keeffe as their inspiration, then develop skills in drawing and composition. They explain the difference between realistic and abstract.
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Bigger Flowers
Learners discuss flowers and their parts, examine works by Georgia O'Keeffe, and draw, color, or paint large flowers.
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Georgia O'Keeffe "Wake Up and Smell the Roses!"
Students produce watercolor paintings. In this painter and painting lesson, students view and discuss paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe, understand abstract art and create their own watercolor paintings.
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O'keefe's Flowers
Students participate in a lesson about the artist Georgia O'keefe by examining here artwork as a model for style. The art is displayed and students are allowed the time to paint their own paintings. Then they write a journal about the...
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The Beautiful Works of Georgia O'Keefe
Students discover the art of Georgia O'Keefe. In this art history lesson, students investigate the influential power nature has on art. Students create their own works of art by observing local nature.
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Abstract Flowers Inspired By Georgia O'keeffe
Students create "abstract flowers" using the artwork of Georgia O'Keefe and knowledge of warm and cool colors in this Art lesson for grades K-12. The lesson includes a short recommended book list and a biography of Georgia O'Keefe.
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Flowers Galore
Students create original works of art using their knowledge of Georgia O'Keeffe's artwork, flowers, pencils, crayons, and pastels in this K-6 Art lesson. The lesson includes Georgia O'Keeffe resource links and a recommended reading list.
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Georgia O'Keeffe Watercolor
Students demonstrate three different watercolor techniques using flower pictures and flowers as the inspiration. They work with organic shapes.
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Flowers, Flowers, Flowers...A Visit with Georgia O'Keeffe
Students analyze, discuss, and research Georgia O'Keeffe and her flower paintings. They select a flower to paint and create a watercolor painting in the style of Georgia O'Keeffe. Students compose a poem describing their painting.
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Fluttering Focus
Students look at a flower garden from a butterfly's perspective. They study how artists portray flowers and gardens and exaggerate their scale and boldly colored floral shapes. Each student creates a watercolor pencil rendering of a...
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Georgia O'Keefe Inspired Flowers
Students examine artwork by Georgia O'Keefe. They create their own abstracted flower. They use multimedia applications to manipulate and filter the colors.
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Flowers Galore
Students examine the work of Georgia O'Keefe and observe the shapes and lines that make up a flower. They create a flower drawing or painting.
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Drawing from Life: Tissue Paper Collage
Students watch a video about the artist Georgia O'Keeffe and discuss her work. They draw flowers plants and fish and use collage techniques imitating O'Keeffe's style.
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Watercolor Paintings O'Keefe Style
Students practice watercolor techniques and then apply that knowledge to a painting that uses subject matter and abstracts that Georgia O'Keeffe might have chosen.
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Flowers a la O'keefe
Middle schoolers are introduced to the artwork of Georgia O'keefe. The lesson presents the history and style of the artist. Then the learners are given the chance to create their own artwork. The goal of the lesson is to build art...
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Georgia O¿¿¿Keeffe¿¿¿s floral paintings
Students discuss the differences between realistic and abstract art by focusing on Georgia O'Keeffe's work The instructional activity can be delivered in either a simplistic or more complex way depending upon the grade level.
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Circular "Mandala"
Learners create a nonobjective design from a magazine photo (or personal photograph) using a view finder. By using colored pencils the drawing use layers to recreate the colors in the magazine picture.
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Sunflowers, The Circle of Life
Students investigate and observe plants and animals in nature. They find out how life cycles are present in much of nature. Students use appropriate graphic organizers for information gathering. Students use sequence life cycles of...
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National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Inside Scoop: Georgia O'keefe [Pdf]
A printable, kid-friendly introduction to the art of Georgia O'Keeffe. Includes activities and images of her work.
Kinder Art
Kinder Art: Flowers & Georgia O'keeffe (Lesson Plan)
Students will have the opportunity to create a drawing of a flower using Georgia O'Keeffe as their inspiration. They will develop skills in drawing and composition and understand the difference between realistic and abstract art.
Other
Georgia O'keeffe
This site has information about Georgia O'Keeffe's life and artworks, as well as a discussion of her artistic style and a link to a lesson in how to paint flowers like hers.
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Ellen's Place: Georgia O'keeffe: O'keeffe and Stieglitz
Provides a summary of Georgia O'Keeffe's life during the early 1920's. The site also has pictures of her paintings.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Georgia O'keeffe
Biographical account covers the life and career of Georgia O'Keeffe, American artist known for her paintings of magnified flowers, animal skulls, and New Mexico desert landscapes.