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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Van Gogh Resources

Van Gogh Artist Study Resources

Vincent Van Gogh

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Lesson Ideas

Sunflowers

Starry Night

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Sunflowers

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Starry Night

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Apricot Trees in Blossom

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Almond Tree in Blossom

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Blossoming Almond Tree

I chose the three paintings above for the purpose of learning to draw trees this spring as they begin to blossom.

Books We Read

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Here’s the last art/nature project of the Van Gogh month.  After doing picture studies of the spring trees above, we went outside to find trees and bushes in bloom and the kiddos completed their own spring artwork.

Comments

13 Responses to “Van Gogh Resources”
  1. Diane says:

    Thanks for all the resources about Van Gogh. We are also studying Van Gogh for the next month.

  2. Patti says:

    Thanks for sharing what you have done. We, too, are studying Van Gogh. This is very helpful.

  3. Cathy says:

    Love it. Wonderful study and wondeful integration of topics.

  4. { jamie } says:

    You find the neatest stuff for your artist studies! Thanks for sharing, & for submitting this to the CM Carnival. I’ll be back to write these down! ♥

  5. Kris says:

    Thanks for posting your resources! I’m bookmarking this page for when we study Van Gogh again.

  6. Jessica says:

    Thanks for all the great links and ideas. We are just starting our Van Gogh study so I’ll be sure to drop back by and see if I can use some of your ideas and book references.

  7. keri says:

    I like how you brought your nature and artist study together!

  8. Jeanne says:

    These are great, Cindy. We haven’t ‘done’ Van Gogh yet – it will be great having everything together like this when we do!!

    Jeanne

  9. Marie says:

    The pictures from your study are great. There is a lot of information on your site to study. I will be back many times. Thank you,Marie

  10. Richele says:

    Really lovely incorporation of ideas and resources. I also found your “Packing it up” post so helpful as I’ll be doing my first portfolio for the school district soon.
    Thanks!

  11. Molly says:

    This is great, and so informative! I love all your wonderful links, pictures of the books you read, directions about completing the art projects…I will definitely visit your site again. Thank you for taking the time!

  12. hi there! You are pinning lots of your Picture Study gems, and I am loving them all! Thank you!

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