Heads on Hollyhock

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For TBT today I'm taking a look back at one of my favorite lessons from last fall. I wanted something with a southwestern theme, and stumbled across a Pinterest Georgia O'Keeffe lesson. Liking the idea and being inspired by a book I had just read that was all about floriography (the symbolic language of flowers), I set out to teach something new. 

We spent the first day learning about O'Keeffe, her inspiration for the ram head series, and juxtaposition.

Then we drew the skull.

On the second day we talked about flowers and how each flower has a meaning. For example O"Keeffe uses a Hollyhock beside her skull, represent ambition. As part of their project,each student had to pick a flower to incorporate with there skull that sent a message about themselves.

The end results we beautiful.