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To complement first grade's learning about our solar system, we made these beautiful interpretations of Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night! One of my favorite tools to use with students is this interactive viewer. It has a function that lets you "zoom in" on paintings, and we used it to look very closely at Starry Night. We were looking for the swirly brushstrokes Van Gogh used to create the texture in his night sky. It's amazing how up-close we can get!! I have actually seen the real Starry Night, when it was at the High Museum in Atlanta several years ago, and you certainly can't get this close to it in real life! To begin our own versions of the painting, students tried to mimic Van Gogh's swirling marks. We mixed and blended many shades of blue and white. Next, we created the ground. We cut black construction paper and used crayon to make colorful marks that looked like the choppy textured brushstrokes Van Gogh used. The next step really made these paintings come to life- we added the stars! We carefully observed how Van Gogh created rings around his stars using dashed lines to form concentric circles, like this: This was my favorite part of the painting process- and the students' favorite, too! These skies are so beautiful! For a finishing touch, we used colored paper to create a village below the starry sky. Here are the finished landscapes! As Van Gogh once said, "Looking at the stars always makes me dream..." To end the lesson on a fun note, we enjoyed these Starry-Night themed videos!
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