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Vincent VanGogh unit study

February 29, 2016 Ticia 10 Comments

I don’t know if you noticed, but when I listed our books for France, there was a book or two for Vincent Van Gogh, and for our Thursday art lesson one day we had a mini Vincent Van Gogh Unit Study.  It was a great excuse for me to pull out all of our art supplies and try out a few new techniques.

Van Gogh Unit study

Vincent Van Gogh Unit Study supplies

The First Starry Night* (my personal favorite of the books), Vincent Van Gogh: Sunflowers and Swirly Stars*,  Katie And The Sunflowers* (all of these books are ones my library had), Chalk Pastels , paper (I just used normal typing paper, but you can go fancy and use drawing paper)

 

What we did for our Vincent Van Gogh Unit Study

We started out reading “The First Starry Night” all cuddled up on my bed.  I loved the illustrations in this book in particular because they felt so evocative of Van Gogh’s art style.

Next we watched a few youtube videos I found on Van Gogh.

 

And my personal favorite, because of the “interactive” feature.

 

After seeing all of that inspiration, what is left but to make some art ourselves?

Now Vincent Van Gogh worked in acrylic paint, but we do not have his skill level, and it’s harder to achieve the same look he did with acrylic paints than it is chalk pastels, so we worked in chalk.

 

Their challenge was to create something similar to Van Gogh’s Starry Night.

Vincent Van Gogh lesson

After a bit of grumbling that we weren’t using paint, they got to work and quite enjoyed the project.

Van Gogh art project

Even going so far as to start on their own projects using the chalk pastels, which to my mind is the sign of a successful art lesson, when they’re inspired to do their own works.

 

If you’re looking for some more Homeschool Art lessons, and lots more artist studies, check out my Homeschool Music and Art board.

 

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Comments

  1. Phyllis at All Things Beautiful says

    February 29, 2016 at 8:30 am

    What a great art study. We haven’t done one in so long. I love the results of the study you showed in the top picture.

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      February 29, 2016 at 8:46 am

      I know, me too!

  2. Natalie PlanetSmartyPants says

    February 29, 2016 at 5:35 pm

    The end result looks amazing! It’s exciting to see how your kids develop their art skills.

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      March 1, 2016 at 8:59 am

      It’s exciting me too, they’re still more inclined to do their own project than the one I’d thought of, but I can see progress.

  3. maryanne @ mama smiles says

    March 1, 2016 at 12:02 am

    I am impressed with the end result of this project!

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      March 1, 2016 at 8:59 am

      Thanks! Their projects came out great!

  4. Joy says

    March 3, 2016 at 9:36 pm

    I loved it when we studied about Van Gogh a couple of years ago. I think we might revisit his artwork! 🙂

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      March 4, 2016 at 7:52 am

      I just love his artwork, it makes me happy.

  5. claire says

    March 4, 2016 at 5:08 am

    Oh, I love art studies and it looks like you all had a lot of fun doing this one. The top picture is brilliant!

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      March 4, 2016 at 7:53 am

      SO much fun! It’s amazing how many resources there are for Van Gogh.

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