In this artwork, we learned about Georgia O'Keefe and her enlarged, magnified paintings of flowers. I picked up a Poinsettia so we had a reference in the classroom. We sketched the petals lightly with pencil, then used a wet on wet technique with the watercolors. Once it was dry, I asked students to take a sharpie and outline the "pools" of color, not necessarily re-sketching their outlines.
This was challenging for most students, they wanted to re-draw their flowers. I also encouraged students to place the enter of one of their flowers at a "Power Spot" in their composition. (Rule of Thirds, where the lines intersect is a Power Spot). Students really enjoyed this activity, definitely a keeper!
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