4th Grade Abstracts Inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe

4th Graders learned about the American painter, Georgia O'Keeffe. Georgia O'Keeffe was born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. O'Keeffe is known for painting up-close abstracts of flowers, and bones. O'Keeffe found inspiration and completed a great deal of her out west, in the desert. For this lesson, students looked at realistic photographs of flowers and bones. Each student created a view finder, which is like a small window, that allowed them to zoom in on part of a flower or a skull. Students drew the zoomed in portion of their flower or skull on large paper, followed by painting with acrylics. Students practiced color mixing, layering, and adding shading and highlights. Learning Targets: 1. I can create an abstract composition, from looking at a realistic photograph. (by zooming in on PART of my photograph). 2. I can mix/ show a variety of different colors and values in my painting. 3. I can blend colors of paint together. (colors that go well together)