Starry Night

One day from our Library I cam home with a puzzle of Vincent Van Gogh's "Starry Night" I did not realize what that would open! So we did an impromptu lesson on Van Gogh, and his art work. We got online and looked at a bunch of his artwork, and we have a Baby Einstein that showcases Van Gogh's art.

Then we did our own renditions of Starry Night using different mediums.

Here's James art work....

Oil Pastel

Crayon

Marker

Paint

I think he did a really great job. He is able to see a piece of artwork and find something he connects with and start there. With these, he did the bright moon first and then the mountain on the left. He made sure there was red on the mountain because if you look really close and Van Gogh's painting you can see the red that is there.

The next time we went to the library we got some extra books on Van Gogh, and looking though them James decided that "The Potato Eaters" was his favorite painting... because he thinks its funny that someone would paint a picture of someone eating potatoes. {by the way, this was one of Van Gogh's first paintings and done in really dark colors, his love of colors did not come until he moved to France}

Here is Tim doing some artwork. He really likes markers, and the oil pastels.

And here is some of Tommy's artwork.

This is a flag that he made.... we had to have a talk about why we don't use a glue stick to stick things to the walls....

{Tommy glued the crayon to the flag then the flag to the wall}

And here is one of Tommy's pumpkins...{kinda freaky in a funny way}

I'm glad that my boys love art so much, it makes the lessons so fun! And I'm glad that they are finding a love of the famous painters. James now wants to go to New York to see the original painting of "Starry night"