Flowers

SEE THINK WONDER

What do you see in the picture? What do you think is happening and what was the artist trying to tell you with this picture? What does this picture make you wonder about?

Squash Blossoms

Georgia O'Keefe 1925

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants

The work of Georgia Okeefe (Flower Series)

Parts of a flower

Story Time

Music

Assignment

Drawing from observation we will draw a flower that fills the page. This will give us time to experiment with color and add detail to the petals.

  1. Select a sheet of paper, this can be any size you choose.

  2. Draw the center of your flower by observing a picture (or a real flower if you have one.

  3. Study the flower, count the petals. Observe the shape of each petal.

  4. Draw the flower so that each petal touches the edge of the page.

  5. Look at the colors of the petals, what variations do you see in the colors of the petals. Do you see darks and lights? Are there several colors on one petal? Using whatever medium you have color your flower.

Vocabulary

Why this lesson