Palm trees acrylic on canvas
Posted by, Mrs. Starling on April 18, 2013
Take some photgraphs of palm trees in the Florida Keys with an interesting background. Possibly with a water or sunset background. If you cannot take your own pictures you may use pictures from someone else or photographs from books, newspapers, postcards or magazines.
Using the how-to-draw palm tree packet provided by your teacher practice drawing palm trees. Go outside and sketch palm trees. Try to show movement in your drawings. How do the fronds look in the wind? You may add other personal images or ideas into your sketches.
On Tuesday April 23rd and 24th, 2013 guest artist Linda Salsbury from Purple Isle Guild will be coming to show her paintings and help students with techniques of acrylic paint on canvas. On Tuesday we will be painting the background. On Wednesday we will be painting the palm trees.
Please be prepared with an interesting sketch with well drawn palm trees. Please go beyond a simple blue sky background and one lonely palm tree. Artists communicate ideas. The background and palm tree is just the beginning of the composition. Please develop your ideas. Pay particular attention to variation of values of color or modeling with color. Remember light logic principles and show them using highlights, shadows, and effects of light on color.
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