Year 8 have been developing their understanding of shading, value and colour while continuing to develop their skills in drawing from observation. We explored the works of Georgia O'Keeffe, from her still life drawings to her flower paintings and developed 3 works, two of which focused on developing a more confident and controlled use of oil pastels. Oil pastels are buttery in consistency and intense in their colour. They are slightly more difficult to blend than soft pastels and the students found this to be quite challenging when attempting to shade. However they persevered with great effort and the results were pleasing, with all the students feeling very proud of their work. Below is a screen shot of their work which I have uploaded into the first virtual gallery exhibition for this year. This exhibition showcases their second work in which after having had the experience of using oil pastels they were then challenged to interpret and express their own flowers based on the work by O'Keeffe, presenting them close up as if seen through a magnifying lens.
You can download the gallery and view the exhibition by clicking on this link. http://www.sendspace.com/file/ix66jb
This link will take you to my Sendspace page. Please click on the light blue button that says: Click here to start download from sendspace. After you have downloaded the gallery file (22.38MB) you will need to run it from your computer to view the exhibition. You may watch the exhibition on auto mode (default) or you can click F1 to take full control and wander around at your own pace using your mouse. Please feel free to comment on this post. The students would love to read your positive feedback. Enjoy!
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