Van Gogh’s Sunflowers

After reading Camille and the Sunflowers, I had the kids try their hand at recreating Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” using an idea from Art Projects For Children. They turned out GREAT!!

The directions in a nutshell:

Use a pencil to draw a vase, table line and the flowers.

Go over all or most pencil lines with a black marker.

Use oil pastels to finish the masterpiece!

Comments

9 Responses to “Van Gogh’s Sunflowers”

1. Diane says:

   March 11, 2009 at 9:21 am

   We are also studying Van Gogh for picture study. We just created a recreation of Starry Night and I will use you instructions to recreate the Sunflowers.
   Diane
2. cindykwest says:

   March 11, 2009 at 11:59 am

   I’d love to see how your Starry Night reproductions turned out! That’s our focus painting next week. )
3. Dawn says:

   March 12, 2009 at 12:37 pm

   Wonderful! I love all of your art projects.
   Blessings,
   Dawn
4. { jamie } says:

   March 17, 2009 at 9:32 am

   Love this! They did a great job. ♥
5. Molly says:

   March 17, 2009 at 9:58 am

   I love this kind of cross-curricular work…reading a book, and then doing an art project that goes with it. It increases the learning exponentially!
6. keri says:

   March 19, 2009 at 1:06 pm

   Those are really beautiful!
7. Angie n GA says:

   March 21, 2009 at 4:04 am

   The pics turned out awesome!! Thanks for sharing!! Be Blessed-Angie in GA
8. Pauline says:

   March 21, 2009 at 4:39 pm

   Wow! These are wonderful!! And your blog is fantastic. I love the organisation of your schooling! I will definitely be back to have a closer look “O)
9. masterpiecemom says:

   March 26, 2009 at 2:23 pm

   Similar to what we did in the fall. Yours look beautiful!