To begin this activity, we first went through a powerpoint about Vincent Van Gogh in order to become more familiar with him and his art. The powerpoint discussed his life and had many interesting fact about him, and seen some of his artwork, such as the "Starry Night" painting. After the discussion, we took a sheet of white paper and taped it down on our desks. Our project was to recreate or make our own version of the "Starry Night" painting. To complete this project, we had to have the swirls in our painting that were similar to what Van Gogh used in his "Starry Night" painting. We also needed to have a foreground, middle ground and a background in the painting. The colors we used were up to us, but we needed to use shades or tints in the painting, and mix the primary and secondary colors to create new colors. After we were done painting, we let the pictures dry and then framed them by using construction paper.
My fingerpainting is shown below. I decided to keep it similar to the "Starry Night" picture because I really liked the coloring Van Gogh used. It was fun to blend the colors together on the paper to get the different shades and tints.
An extension activity for this project would be to discuss different artists and their styles of painting. We could take certain paintings from each artist and compare their unique styles, and discuss how they are similar and different to Van Gogh's way of painting. We could then discuss the different time periods when each artist made their painting, and see if the era had any impact on the artists' style of painting.
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