Drawing & Painting | Macro Georgia O'Keeffe

 

Macro Georgia O'Keefe

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The Macro O'Keeffe project helps Drawing & Painting I students to observe and breakdown directional lines, shapes, and values. This painting project offers students practice to build observational skills and color matching and blending with acrylic paint. The macro perspective makes an object appear more organic or abstract. This approach to painting is less intimidating for the students to replicate directional lines and organic shapes than an entire master work. 

Materials: 

Laminated images of various Georgia O'Keeffe paintings, square 3" x 3" view finders, Strathmore 300 series 6" x 6" Canvas Paper, masking tape, painting boards, graphite pencil, acrylic paint, paint brushes.

Criteria:

• View the selection of images by Georgia O’Keeffe. Choose an image you would like to use for this assignment. 

• Use the square frame to create a macro image of O’Keeffe’s painting. Consider different compositions.  

• Tape your frame to the composition to secure your spot for the macro perspective. 

• Break down the line, color, and composition inside the frame. Sketch LIGHTLY with a pencil on the canvas paper.  

• Line and shape proportions should be an exact match from your frame to the canvas paper.  

• Use a palette knife and a paper plate for color mixing. Observe and practice the color gradation and value on the canvas with acrylic paint. DO NOT TAINT THE PAINT! 

• Select a paintbrush(es) appropriate for the space you are painting.  

• Use masking tape and fold it in the corners to secure the canvas paper on the black board.  

• Utilize the whole composition space when painting your macro-O’Keeffe.  

• Clean-up (brushes and workspace) and Craftmanship. Leave to dry on the dry rack.  

• Not to take away from the painting, sign your artwork with acrylic paint or a paint pen on the bottom left, or on the backside of the painting.

Learning Objective: 

Drawing & Painting students can create directional line and organic shapes by using a macro perspective of a larger painting. They can appropriately mix values and apply acrylic paint to represent those directional lines and organic shapes. 

Student Example

Student Example