Up Close: Inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe
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Up Close: Inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe
See less. Look closer. Paint bigger.
Discover how changing your point of view can transform an ordinary subject into something extraordinary. In this Art History: Hands On workshop, we’ll explore the work of Georgia O’Keeffe and the ways she used scale, color, simplified form, composition, and close cropping to make viewers notice familiar subjects in entirely new ways.
We’ll begin with a brief look at O’Keeffe’s life and artistic approach, including how her close-up flower paintings became some of the most recognizable images in American modernism. We’ll consider what happens when an artist removes the surrounding details, enlarges a subject until it nearly fills the canvas, and asks us to pay attention to shape, line, color, and the spaces between forms.
Then it’s your turn. Using O’Keeffe’s approach as inspiration, you’ll choose a floral subject and create your own dramatically enlarged painting. We’ll work on cropping and composition before painting, then explore how changes in color, value, and shape can suggest the folds, curves, and depth of petals without getting caught up in tiny details.
This is an exploration of O’Keeffe’s ideas and ways of seeing—not an exercise in copying one of her paintings. Each participant will make their own choices about subject, composition, scale, and color, so every finished piece will be uniquely their own.
Saturday, November 7 | 2:00–4:00 PM
$25 | All materials included
A canvas will be provided, but if you really want to embrace O’Keeffe’s sense of scale, bring a larger canvas or purchase one in the store and paint BIG.
All skill levels are welcome, and no previous painting experience is required.
Alabama Art Academy at Alabama Art Supply
1006 23rd Street South
Birmingham, AL 35205
205-322-4741
AlabamaArt.com
See less. Look closer. Paint bigger.
Discover how changing your point of view can transform an ordinary subject into something extraordinary. In this Art History: Hands On workshop, we’ll explore the work of Georgia O’Keeffe and the ways she used scale, color, simplified form, composition, and close cropping to make viewers notice familiar subjects in entirely new ways.
We’ll begin with a brief look at O’Keeffe’s life and artistic approach, including how her close-up flower paintings became some of the most recognizable images in American modernism. We’ll consider what happens when an artist removes the surrounding details, enlarges a subject until it nearly fills the canvas, and asks us to pay attention to shape, line, color, and the spaces between forms.
Then it’s your turn. Using O’Keeffe’s approach as inspiration, you’ll choose a floral subject and create your own dramatically enlarged painting. We’ll work on cropping and composition before painting, then explore how changes in color, value, and shape can suggest the folds, curves, and depth of petals without getting caught up in tiny details.
This is an exploration of O’Keeffe’s ideas and ways of seeing—not an exercise in copying one of her paintings. Each participant will make their own choices about subject, composition, scale, and color, so every finished piece will be uniquely their own.
Saturday, November 7 | 2:00–4:00 PM
$25 | All materials included
A canvas will be provided, but if you really want to embrace O’Keeffe’s sense of scale, bring a larger canvas or purchase one in the store and paint BIG.
All skill levels are welcome, and no previous painting experience is required.
Alabama Art Academy at Alabama Art Supply
1006 23rd Street South
Birmingham, AL 35205
205-322-4741
AlabamaArt.com
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1006 23rd St S, Birmingham, AL, United States, Alabama 35205
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