Mr. Vincent

It's official! The weather is warming up! (But, I'm sure now that I've said that the weather will probably drop below zero...) I'm excited to show you the next couple of projects students will be working on.

3rd Grade Vincent Van Gogh Starry Night Paintings

Van Gogh is one of my favorite painters and his work can easily inspire students to think and see objects differently! Students will be inspired by Vincent Van Gogh to analyze and interpret 'the impression' of objects. They will specifically be experiencing and applying Van Gogh's artistic painterly style to create movement with tempera paint and oil pastels when replicating Van Gogh's famous artwork 'Starry Night'. They will also have the opportunity to create their own towns on the hills (or crashing waves!) below.

This is a lesson I had the awesome opportunity to witness during my student teaching experience with Ginger Pacer (Paint Brush Rocket), who very often is my inspiration to think outside the box when it comes to creating elementary art lessons. I haven't had the chance to teach the lesson yet myself, so I'm super excited I get to share this opportunity with my 3rd graders. I know they are going to LOVE it! Plus, we just got in our new paint brushes that I purchased using our Square 1 art money! So thank you to everyone who participated in that fundraiser! They will definitely help students create quality artwork without the struggle of the old, deteriorated paint brushes we were previously using.

Teacher Sample...Just realized my crescent moon is backwards! :)

6th graders are currently finishing up their Egyptian portraits, adding their names in hieroglyphics on a black border. Next, students are studying 3D art! Sadly, students do not have the opportunity to create a ceramic piece of artwork this year because of budget costs and there is only 1 kiln between the two elementary schools. But, that will not prevent me and my students from creating any 3D work! 6th grade students were asked to bring in cereal boxes to construct 3D letters using paper mache. Below is an example of a letter I've created.

Teacher Sample - Van Gogh Style

Please make sure 6th grade students bring in flattened cereal boxes with their names on them by March 24th! Thank you :)

Also, a tentative art show will be May 1st and 2nd at River View High School. More details to come!

Keep creating!