Van Gogh Art #2

 This project was also based upon Van Gogh's work and its initial goal was to also create movement. The students were to cut out tissue paper and create their own background, sky theme. Once they have glued the tissue paper down, they uses sharpie markers and oil pastels to make more movement and definition to the background. They will also cut out a city or an idea of their own and paste it on the background. In the end it creates a "night" sceen, such as the one seen in Van Gogh's painting.
In my particular piece I based my directly from Van Gogh's work and recreated the Starry Night. I keep the night with dark colors and blues and made it a night in the city.

A teacher could extend this activity by allowing the students to simply create another one, but a complete original as long as they use movement. I would also allow them to be abstract and create whatever scene they would like. I think it would also be useful to display Van Gogh paintings and information around the room, while they complete the assignment.