Student Activity

Look at the paintings below.
With your partner, choose the artwork which shows the jack-in-the-pulpit closest to you.
Choose the artwork which shows the jack-in-the-pulpit farthest from you.
Which artwork shows the jack-in-the-pulpit "in the middle" -neither closest nor farthest from you?
 
 

Jack-in-the-Pulpit  No. III, 1930	Jack-in-the-Pulpit  No.VI, 1930	Jack-in-the-Pulpit  No.IV, 1930
A.	B.	C.

Return to your seat and select a flower to draw   in close up view.

1. To show that you are very close to the flower, you will have parts of the flower go off of the page.
    Not all of the flower you are drawing will show on your paper.
    You will not have very much background showing.
    The flower will take up most of the space on your paper.

2. Do some blending of colors to make your flower look more real.
    Notice the petals and their different shades of  reds and oranges in "Red Amaryllis".
    A green leaf in your drawing will have different shades of green- like, yellow-green, pine green and blue-green.

3. Like Georgia O'Keeffe, you will use some contrasting colors when adding color to your drawing.
    Contrasting colors are colors that are opposite, or nearly opposite, on the color wheel.
    You see this in "White Flower", where the flower has orange-yellow and the background has blue.

4. When you have completed your flower close up, write your name on the back.

5. Give your artwork a title and write this on the back.