2. 1887-1986
Widely considered one
of the greatest 20th-
century American artists,
Georgia O'Keeffe was a
pioneer of American
modernism best known
for her canvases
depicting flowers,
skyscrapers,
animal skulls
and
southwestern
landscapes.
3. Georgia O'Keeffe
created a series of
paintings of New
York skyscrapers
between 1925 and
1929. They were
made after
O'Keeffe moved
with her new
husband (Alfred
Stieglitz) into an
apartment on the
30th floor of the
Shelton Hotel.
4. In the summer of 1929,
O'Keeffe found a
new direction
for her art when she made
her first visit to northern
New Mexico. The
landscape, architecture and
local Navajo culture
inspired her,
and she would return to
New Mexico,
which she called "the
faraway,"
in the summers to paint.
5.
6. So I said to myself - I'll paint what I
see - what the flower is to me but
I'll paint it big and they will be
surprised into taking time to look at
it.
I hate flowers - I paint them because
they're cheaper than models and they
don't move.
I found I could say things with color
and shapes that I couldn't say any
other way
- things I had no words for.
7.
8.
9. Close-up flowers, a signature motif, are so magnified that the petals and
blooms become abstracted into sweeping shapes and swaths of color.
13. Shoot In Soft Light
The type of light you shoot in can have a big
impact on your flower photos. Bright sunlight
can create harsh shadows on your subject,
and may cause the brighter areas of the petals
to appear over-exposed
Bright light Behind a cloud
14. Focus
• Tap on your screen to create the
focal point
• If your image is still blurry, take a
step back
If you are using a point and shoot
camera do the half press:
• Depress the shutter button half
way to capture focus
• The camera will focus in the
middle of the screen
• Look at the screen and move your
camera so that you have created
your desired composition
• and then squeeze the button all
the way down to take the picture
15. Capture Water Droplets
After a rain is a great time to take pictures.
If you don’t have droplets make your own with
a:
• Hose
• Mister
• Or watering can
16. Simplify The Background
• Place a piece of paper behind the flower or
• Aim your camera toward the sky
17. Fill the Frame or Crop
• Move in close so that you don’t see any
negative space around your image
• Make sure that your image is in focus
• If you can’t get as close as you would like,
crop your image using your phone’s edit
settings
26. ARTALK TUESDAY WORKSHOP WEDNESDAY
4.21 Contemporary & Modern Art 4.01 Andy Goldsworthy - Mandalas &
Stone Stacking
5.05 Hispanic Art 4.15 Paper Weaving
5.19 Vincent van Gogh 4.29 Teesha Moore - Whimsical Collage
6.02 Visual Art & Judaism 5.13 Georgia O’Keeffe – Flower
Photography
6.23 Jacob Lawrence @ the Lowe 5.27 Betty Edwards - Portraits
6.17 Printmaking with Found Objects
6.24 Matisse – Collage
presents
