Van Gogh Tissue Collage

Night Life

It is my interpretation of what a city is like at night.

·         The steps to complete this project:

o   First I took tissue paper and made coils from different color tissue paper.

o   Then I cut out waves of pink and orange. 

o   After cutting out all the movement shapes I wanted, I than began pasting down the tissue paper with acrylic paste to a sheet of construction paper.

o   While that was drying I created 3D sky scrapers using chalk.

o   When the tissue paper was dry, I used oil pastels to outline the movement in the project. 

o   Once that was complete I than glued on my city and my project was complete. 

·         An Extension activity:

o   Have the student’s put on an exhibit.

§  The community could be invited and you could have each student explain their art piece when the people walked around.  You are allowing the students to learn and teach at the same time.  I think this would be a great idea for 5^th and 6^th grade students.

The Van Gogh Finger Painting

Fireside

It is my interpretation of a campfire.
·         The steps to complete this project:

1. Movement has to be created in the picture, so I took my fingers and started making blue swirls for the sky.
2. After the sky was dry and complete, I made a yellow sun.
3. The next step was creating the fire.  I used red, orange, and yellow paint.  And pulled my fingers across the paper towards the top.  This created movement in my fire.  
4. I took blue, black, and white and swirled it around in the sky.  This was the smoke from the fire.  I used more black and white then blue. 
5. Grass and the fire were logs were the last part of my project to complete the painting.
6. After I let dry I than framed it with construction paper.

An Extension to this activity:

• Students could right reflect about the feelings toward the paint.  Or when they look at the painting what type of feeling to they feel.
• For example, mine would be a warm cozy feeling because it makes me think of family and sitting around a fire place.
• You could have the student s do their interpretation of the seasons.  Each student will have a different idea.  They must include movement throughout their work.  There are way different ideas you can do with this project, it is a great way for students to feel movement.

Elements and Principles of Art

green cup and red twigs-Contrast

Paining by my grandmother-Emphasis

Gift box-Color

Painted wine bottle-Movement

Rug-Texture