September 2009 |
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| Art Start |
| Oil Crayon Sunflowers |
| Mary Clare, age 11 |
| Laurel, age 7 |
| Katie, age 9 |
| Emily, age 9 |
| Grace, age 12 |
| Claire, age 6 |
| Gabrielle, age 8 |
| Caitlin, age 5 |
| Colin, age 7 |
| Jon, age 10 |
| Iga, age 5 |
| Johnny, age 9 |
| Heidi, age 7 |
| Cameron, age 10 |
| Gitte, mother of Cameron and Heidi |
| Zoe, age 8 |
| Sabina, age 8 |
| Tyler, age 9 |
| Mrs.Thornton harvested the giant sunflowers from her backyard and brought them into the studio. She put them in a pot of water and tied them to the wall so they wouldn't fall over. (Notice some of the drawings below include string!) |
| We examined the sunflowers closely, like artists do. The leaves were huge and heart shaped with many shades of green. They hid the stalks in places and overlapped each other. The older flower's petals had shriveled up, and the oval-shaped seed head hung heavy. The smaller flower still had bright yellow petals and a round seed head. |
| Students drew the sunflowers from observation on black paper with white crayons. Then they added color with oil crayons, layering and mixing colors, experimenting on test strips. Photographs of sunflowers were used for reference after the real flowers faded. The young artists found their own unique ways to interpret the same subject. Bravo! |