First Graders are studying Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh, and creating their own version of the "Starry Night" using oil pastels. Here are some students demonstrating Van Gogh's technique of using short strokes to add color to their papers.
Second Grade artists looked at Pablo Picasso's Rose period paintings, and then we discussed the art element of VALUE. Students mixed red and white to make tints of red, and red with black to make shades of red, and created these heart paintings that are full of patterns!
Fourth Grade artists have been studying the American artist Wayne Thiebaud, who just celebrated his 94th birthday in November! Here students have already sculpted their cup cakes out of clay, and are adding color with glazes. Stay tuned for more news next week!
First Grade art students are studying the art of Vincent Van Gogh. We looked at many of his paintings and discussed his unique brush strokes that create such vivid textures in his colorful paintings. We then read a great book called "Vincent's Colors" from the Metropolitan Museum of Art that shows many of Van Gogh's artworks accompanied by his own words describing them, from letters to his brother Theo. Then we studied one of his most famous works of art "Starry Night." Students recreated their own versions of starry night and made it closer to home, over the city of Austin. Students also recreated the textured strokes using oil pastels. This project is so wonderful because in spite of everyone doing the same subject matter, each child's art comes out so unique with their style of applying the oil pastels. Enjoy!
