1st Grade
Leaves, using warm and cool colors
There are some artists in our history that have used leaves in their work. One that I like is Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe was a famous painter, just not too long ago. She was born in Wisconsin and always appreciated the colors that fall leaves had. She became famous because she was one of the first artists to "zoom in" on her subject and make huge paintings of things. She loved to take small things and make them very large... that's what she did with these leaf paintings.
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November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986
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Here are some of Georgia O'Keeffe's leaf paintings...
Let's look more closely at the colors that leaves turn in the fall:
Fall leaves always turn into a warm color.
What does that mean?
Sometimes artists like to break the color wheel up into "families." One of those groups is called "Warm colors and Cool colors". When you look at the color wheel, you can see all of the warm colors by each other and all of the cool colors by each other. Let's learn a little more about these families.... |
Here are some kids' works using WARM colors INSIDE the leaves and COOL colors OUTSIDE the leaves.
We are going to create an awesome Fall painting by using warm colors and cool colors.
Step 1. Use the texture plates to get the outline of the leaves by using a crayon, make sure you leave some space for the background too.
Step 2. Use watercolors and let the WARM colors "blead" on the INSIDE of the leaves.
Step 3. Use watercolors to paint the background using COOL colors on the OUTSIDE of the leaves. You can let these colors bleed too!
Step 1. Use the texture plates to get the outline of the leaves by using a crayon, make sure you leave some space for the background too.
Step 2. Use watercolors and let the WARM colors "blead" on the INSIDE of the leaves.
Step 3. Use watercolors to paint the background using COOL colors on the OUTSIDE of the leaves. You can let these colors bleed too!
Sometimes it's fun to know which kind of leaf you are working with...