1st Graders Take On VanGogh

Still Life with Roses and Anemones
1890
Vincent van Gogh

It all started with wanting to use leftover paint from previous classes.  There wasn't enough to make a full painting but certainly we could make petals and flowers.  Ah-ha!  1st graders would begin a study on Vincent van Gogh and Still Life painting.  We began by designing the flowers and using a variety of brush strokes to make the petals.  After folding our papers into four sections, we experimented with circles, straight lines, and even inventive combinations to make the flowers.   

Day two consisted of making the vase, table and background.  I had the students section off their painting by using a 9"x12" to block off the top of their paper thus leaving room for the flowers and allowing the vase to be on the bottom half of the paper.

Beautiful!!!