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These beautifully painted flower vases were inspired by contemporary artist Heather Galler. Her use of color and pattern is so playful and bright. Her work takes an ordinary subject and turns it into something really special! As one of my kids said, "She made us look at these flowers in a whole new way!" This was our inspiration- Visit Ms. Galler at this website to see more. Prints of her artwork are available- I just purchased a couple for our art room! Our goal in creating these paintings was to explore pattern. We started by creating the background with construction paper and liquid tempera paint. Students could create any design they wanted! I encouraged them to pay attention to their color choices- did they want their patterns to stand out or blend in? Our next step was to create the flowers. We did these on squares of construction paper, which were then cut out and glued to the background. Then we added leaves, and some students chose to embellish their work even more using oil pastels. The finishing touch was to outline the shapes with a line of black paint, just to help everything stand out more. I am THRILLED with how these paintings turned out! Every single day I am amazed by what our kids can accomplish- it makes my time with them so worthwhile!
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4/29/2017 06:48:21 pm
What an amazing bunch of talented kids!!! And what an absolute honor that you were inspired by my work, thank you I'm very grateful and very impressed with the level of talent these children displayed, they must have an excellent teacher.
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