Art Masters: Vincent Van Gogh

I do a program with my students that I call Art Masters. We study twenty artists throughout the year. We learn about the artists' life and about the art that he made. We also do our own version of one of the artists' most famous works of art. This month we learned about Vincent Van Gogh. Each child made their own The Starry Night picture. First, the kids drew stars, the moon and any design they wanted to with crayon. Next, the kids used water colors to paint over their crayon drawing. Finally they cut out a silhouette from black paper and glued it to the bottom of their picture.  

This year I am having the whole class work on a group project for each artist that we study. Each child helps paint a little bit of a picture. This is our version of Wheat Field by Vincent Van Gogh. It turned out beautifully.