Vincent Van Gogh Project

 

Summary: In class we learned about Vincent Van Gogh and had a chance to look at some of his work. We reviewed some of his facts and works on a Power Point presentation. This allowed us to take notes of Van Gogh and retain information about him that we would use for our projects later. The piece that inspired our work was Starry Night. We used Starry Night as an inspiration to create our own pieces using tissue paper. We picked either cool or warm colors, tore them into strips and pieces, and attached them to our backgrounds. Then used another piece of construction paper and created a scenery to attach to the paper. Using oil pastels or crayons we created movement on the tissue paper.

Extension Activity: An extension activity would be looking at a different piece of Van Gogh’s work or using Starry Night and having the students create their own version. They could choose between different medias on how they wanted to create their piece.  Their pieces would then be showcased around the room and the students would have to attach a fun fact about Van Gogh and a fun fact about their work.