Welcome back to another episode of Sarah’s Amazing Art
Students. My students’ second project of the year was inspired by the legendary artist Vincent Van Gogh. Every student from Kindergarten through eighth
grade learned about Van Gogh's style and they created some beautiful work.
My Kinder and first grade students did coloring pages
featuring a famous Van Gogh painting of sunflowers. I showed them Van Gogh’s
painting of sunflowers in a vase, and we discussed how much texture was in Van
Gogh’s work. Van Gogh liked to use really thick paint, and you see the lines
and texture he created with paint. We mimicked his use of texture by drawing
lines on our background. The kids chose bright colors that echoed the colors
Van Gogh used. They were amazed to learn that Van Gogh created two thousand
paintings in the busiest decade of his career.
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Second, third and fourth grades did collages inspired by
another painting of sunflowers by Van Gogh. These kiddos added
texture to their background page, and used dots and shading to suggest
3-dimensional shapes.
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This is one of Van Gogh's paintings of sunflowers,
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fifth through eighth graders copied Van Gogh’s painting Road with Cypress and Star. They did drawings rather than paintings, and they replicated his textured style by
drawings lots of lines. I encouraged them to fill their skies
with the dashed lines that are so famous in Van Gogh paintings.
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| This is Van Gogh's painting Cypress with Road and Star. |
This was not an easy assignment but they impressed me with
their texture and color layering and attention to detail. These students all
copied the same piece by Van Gogh, but their interpretations are completely
different. I love how varied the results are. Didn’t they do some incredible
work?
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5th grade .This boy has done beautiful work for every assignment
I've given him in the last 3+ years. |
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I'm in awe of how much work my students put into their art, and I hope you enjoyed it, too.
The kids are about to start some Thanksgiving art, so we’ll
be back before you know it with another chapter of Adventures in the Art Room…
Amazing and awesome artwork by ALL the grades!! I love how they created texture by your suggestions. The sunflowers are so uplifting, and I love the interpretations of the dark sky and tree. I can see why you are so proud of your students.
ReplyDeleteDebby, wow, thank you! I agree--they knocked it out of the park!
DeleteLooking good!
ReplyDeleteRoxanne
Hi Roxy, thank you! I think they did a super job, too.
DeleteGreat work by students and teacher
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dad!
DeleteAmazing artwork!
ReplyDeleteHi Adri, thanks!!!
DeleteI especially love the collage versions! 😍
ReplyDeleteM, thanks, friend! I love hearing about which pieces really speak to people...
DeleteWow, Sarah. Gorgeous art work. Each piece of art work, SO unique! Love use of bright colors, lines, and use of shading in the Van Gogh drawings, and loved the creative approaches and again, uniqueness, of the sunflower pieces. Each one very different from the others! Nice! Good job to all art students, and their teacher! Art is SO enjoyable, creative, expressive, and can be healing to those who participate. Wonderful! ��������
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! I agree: each is different and wonderful. So glad you liked the post...
DeleteThose kids really understand how to capture Van Gogh's spirit. The movement of the brush marks is simply amazing. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteOh, thank you! I am always amazed by what these kiddos create...
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