Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Does Miss Leigh want you to draw it small or big???










"I decided if I could paint that flower, in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty" Georgia O'Keeffe

My art students KNOW that small drawing just wont work in our class. In fact O'Keeffe was critiqued by an instructor once and swore that she would never draw small again!

"Fill the page"
"Lets try that again"
"Don't worry about it just draw what you see"

We recently studied Georgia O'Keffee and learned what an incredible and full and creative life she led. I have for years found her inspiring - A favorite image of mine is Okeeffe on a camel in Morocco at the age of 87. Who wants to meet me in Morocco to celebrate my 87th birthday??

We applied what we learned from O'Keeffe by getting up close and personal with various blooms. Students were asked to "GET BIG". They loved the lesson and especially loved taking the flowers home with them!!



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