Third Grade Van Gogh

Third Graders just finished up discussing Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night. They had a lot of fun getting to work with paints and exploring the painterly marks an artist makes on their canvas. We discussed movement that can be seen in Van Gogh's art as well as the many colors that he utilized. Below are two pictures of the final product as well as some in-process artworks. The students painted their backgrounds using only the primary colors. We did not wash out our brushes between colors, this allowed the colors to mix together and marble. After the background dried, we used black paper and colored it with Oil Pastels for our buildings. Foiled paper was an option to give the artwork some Emphasis if the artist chose to use it. I will definitely be doing this lesson again in the future!