In this lesson, we explored the life and artwork of Vincent Van Gogh. We learned about his background, early pieces, artistic techniques, and self-portraits. We also took a closer look at one of his most well-known paintings, the Starry Night. As we listened to the facts about him, we wrote down three new facts we learned about him. After that, we created our own artwork of Starry Night. We started with a sheet of black construction paper and covered it with torn pieces of tissue paper in any colors we liked, using glue to attach them. Once the tissue paper was in place, we used oil pastels to draw patterns over the top. For the final step, we used another piece of black construction paper to design a landscape.
For my tissue paper, I chose colors of a sunset, like light pastel colors. For the designs on top, I tried to make them mostly look like wind and other patterns found in the sky. For my landscape, I chose waves in the water. The waves had a pattern of flowing water to make them appear moving, and they were depicted in blue and pastel colors.
An extension activity I chose was to have students create a small practice card where they experiment with Van Gogh–style brushstrokes and color blending. Give students a small scrap of paper and use more oil pastels and have them try different types of Van Gogh-inspired strokes like swirls, dashes, short lines, and circular motions. Then have them label it as“brushstroke study” and attach it next to their main artwork from before.
Here is my completed artwork
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