After exploring the art and style of Georgia O'Keefe, your students will create their own poinsettia masterpieces!

What You Need

• Pencil
• White construction paper, 9x12
• Payons watercolor crayons and/or watercolor paints
• Black crayon
• Black construction paper, 12x15
• Paint brush
• Water-filled container
• Pictures and/or prints of Georgia O'Keefe's flower artwork
• Sample of poinsettias (pictures or a potted plant)
• Magnifying glass
• Rubber cement

What You Do

• Show the students Georgia O'Keefe's artwork. Discuss her paintings with the class. Focus on her ability to paint flowers close up. How does it compare to looking through a magnifying glass?
• Show the students the real poinsettias, or the photos of these plants. Discuss the details of the poinsettias. Have students look at the plants through a magnifying glass.
• On white construction paper, sketch poinsettias with a pencil. (But do not color in the drawings.) Fill the page with no more than four poinsettias. Encourage the students to focus on the detail in the leaves.
• After sketching, go over the final lines of the drawing in black crayon.
• Paint/color the poinsettias and the background.
• Let dry.
• Matte artwork on black construction paper with rubber cement (glue may cause the paper to wrinkle).