Flowers, Up Close
and Personal  or Bird Watchin' |
 artwork by Emily |
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Watercolor Workshop |
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 2nd grade student |
 5th grade student shares her story about roses and why they are special to her. |
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Age Appropriate |
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Grades K-12 * grade appropriate lessons for K -1, 2-7 & 8-12 |
Short Version: 4- 5 hours Long Version: 5-7 hours |
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Many of our experiences, positive and negative, involve flowers. In May, as the Lilly of the Valley are at their peak of deliciousness, my mother would pick a vase full of these white drops of beauty and set them in my bedroom. In the summer when I spent a week at grandma & grandpa's, grandma taught me how to draw "no-fail" roses. My grandmother and I visit my grandpa and place roses on his grave; roses were a gift he would give her every Wedding Anniversary. I grew up smelling, studying and picking flowers so it was just natural to begin painting them. During the workshop I will provide my understanding of flowers, watercolor techniques and tips for a good composition as we share the ways these complex gifts of creation can make us smile, cry, laugh and heal. An offshoot to this workshop is “Bird Watching” in which I supplement birds for flowers. |
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3rd graders find success through flowers |
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Using watercolors and 140 lb. paper, students will design/ compose a cropped image and paint a well composed picture of a flower while incorporating at least three techniques demonstrated by the artist; the elements of design(most specifically line, shape and form), masking, mixing and layering colors while utilizing the techniques of wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry and dry brush. |
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Students will be able to define and perform the following watercolor techniques; wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, dry brush and lifting. |
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They will demonstrate their understanding by using watercolors to paint a well composed picture of flowers utilizing the elements of design(most specifically line, shape and form), masking, mixing and layering colors while utilizing the techniques of wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry and dry brush. Students will complete a self evaluation rubric as well as discuss and critique each other’s work. |
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