Starry Night

Although he lead a tragic life, Vincent Van Gogh was able to create the some of the most influential art ever known.  He worked furiously creating art that showcased bright color and strong emotion.  In getting to know Van Gogh, we focused on his most famous work, Starry Night.

On day one, we began out project by painting the sky using the dash technique that was characteristic of Van Gogh.  We used tempera tints of yellow and blues.  Blue paper was used for the background.

Day two began with the rolling hills. We used a darker blue paper on which to draw our hills. Dashes were added using chalk.  This was glued to the bottom of the paper, rubbing from the back to preserve our chalk dashes.  Next we drew and added color to the buildings on violet paper.  This was carefully cut and glued on top of the hills.  Students had to be careful not to completely cover the hills. The last step was drawing the cypress tree on black paper. This was glued down and then all that was left to do was to admire our work!