In 3rd grade we talked about Georgia O'Keefe, how she was from Wisconsin, painted plenty of flowers, and lost her vision near the end of her life.
This project was inspired by two separate projects-a 2D watercolor flower and a 3D paper flower. I decided to combine the ideas.My challenge to the students was to draw a large flower on their paper. I printed off several examples of flowers (including a venus flytrap) and had them either choose one to copy or create their own flower. Then I had them outline and decorate their flower using crayon (to act as wax relief later on), then they used watercolor to paint. The final part was gluing 3D fllowers on their image. I demonstrated how to trace circles, correctly cut the petals, and layer the paper. They had the freedom to use whatever colors, layers, and amount of flowers they wanted.
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