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Central Primary School Arts Day Second Grade: Vincent Van Gogh Sunflowers

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Vincent Van Gogh Born in the Netherlands Son of a minister By the age of 27, he had held many jobs such as a teacher, shop worker and preacher

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Vincent Van Gogh His work is full of emotion Only sold one painting in his lifetime

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Vincent Van Gogh His work is full of movement and color Paintings are built out of layers of paint so thick that you can see brush marks

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Inspiration for Todays Project Three Sunflowers One of Van Goghs favorite subjects was sunflowers This type of painting is called a still life

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Inspiration for Todays Project Notice the different sunflower shapes

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Supplies You Will Need 12 X 18 white sulphite paper One yellow or any light colored oil pastel Liquid Tempera Paints: One tub of green (any shade), one tub of blue (any shade), palette of a variety of colors (yellow, red, orange, purples, etc)

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STEP ONE: DRAWING THE FLOWERS HAVE STUDENTS WRITE THEIR NAME ON BACK OF PAPER

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STEP TWO: PAINTING THE FLOWERS

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Painting the Flowers Set out two colors of paint on each table. The kids have a choice which color they want for their background and which color they want for their table.

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Painting the Flowers After the background and table-top are painted, bring out a palette of tempera paints to begin painting flowers and stems.

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STEP THREE:ADDING SHADING DETAILS

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Shading Details When painting the vase, demonstrate how to add shade and light with the paints. Apply a color to the vase and then, while the paint is wet, dip brush in some white paint.

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Shading Details Using a horizontal stroke, paint along one edge of the vase, blending colors as you go. On the other side of the vase, dip brush into a tiny bit of black paint.

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Shading Details Brush edge of vase, blending the black with the vase color as you go.

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Final Step Use black tempera paint and a thin brush. Trace over every single line, including every petal and vase line.

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