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Spring is finally here and the art room is smelling a bit like shaving cream! My first grade students have been fascinated by Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night to create an artwork that's all about movement! So far, we have discussed how to draw movement, Vincent Van Gogh's painterly style, and history. Students also discussed what they thought they saw in the Starry Night (Is that a bush? A castle? Fire?!...Are those crashing waves or hills?! Did Van Gogh really see the sky like that?!) , which led to another discussion about opinions and art. It was really interesting hearing what everyone had to say!
On the first day, students also had the responsibility to work on their own, following my visual step by step instructions on how to create stars with movement using paper, glue, and markers, replicating Van Gogh's Style! As students were working, I pulled aside a few students at a time to create movement with watered down blue tempera paint and (my favorite) shaving cream! Students sprinkled a few dots of paint on the cream, swirled it with the handle end of a paint brush using large circle motions, pressed their paper gently on top, and scrapped off the access cream to reveal a wonderful white and blue marble painting. They came out great!
I will post some finished work in Keene Awesome Artists soon!
Have a wonderful day :)
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