Vincent Van Gogh Art Unit: 3 rd & 4 th Grade

1. Vincent Van Gogh Art Unit:3rd & 4th Grade An artist that was best known for his expressive brush strokes and strong use of color.

2. Please click on the link below to begin exploring this interesting artist … http://www.mykidsart.com.au/Vincent_van_Gogh_Famous_Artists_My_Kids_Art.html

3. So What’s the Big Idea? • Artists are often inspired by nature when creating an art work. Such is the case with Vincent Van Gogh’s Irises (1889). • Artists have different ideas and different ways to express them—this is perfectly okay in art, and encouraged!

4. Essential Questions: • What types of emotions might nature cause you to feel? • How might you show this in an art work? • Is it okay for your artwork to be different than a classmate’s? Why or why not?

5. Lesson Objectives: • Students will use technology and the Feldman Method to introduce them to the life and art of Vincent Van Gogh. • Students will incorporate three areas of space within their individual artwork: foreground, middle-ground, and background. • Students will use analogous colors of tempera paint and the side of their hand to print expressive iris flowers. • Students will create an independently painted collage, rich in color and emotion, that incorporates characteristics of Vincent Van Gogh’s Irises painting. • Students will work collaboratively using a variety of objects to print, stamp, and add designs to create a Van Gogh-inspired bookcase. • Demonstrate elements of SEL as they work both individually and collaboratively on an art activity.

6. Important Art Vocabulary: • Analogous Colors: Any two or more colors that are next to each other on the color wheel and are closely related. For example, blue, blue-green, and green all have the color blue in common. • Foreground: Part of the art work that is closest to the viewer. • Middle-ground: Part of the art work that is between the foreground and the background. • Background: Part of the art work that is furthest from the viewer. • Print:A print is a shape or mark made from a block or plate or other object that is covered with wet color (usually ink) and then pressed onto a flatsurface, such as paper or textile. • Collage: A picture or design created by adheringflatthings as newspaper, wallpaper, printedtext, photographs, cloth, string, etc., to a flat surface.

7. SEL Application/Survey: • Name some important things to remember when working either alone, or together, on an art project. • Why is it okay for each of us to have different ideas? • How might you show respect to yourself and others when working as a class or in small groups? • What are some ways to direct not so good (or negative) behaviors into good (or positive) behaviors? • Did you enjoy working more on your individual project or your collaborative project? Did you enjoy them both the same? • Would you like to work together again on a project like this one? If so, do you have any ideas or suggestions for next year?

8. Formative Assessment: • Did you enjoy going to the Computer Lab to begin learning about Vincent Van Gogh? Why or why not? • Name a part of your art work that is in the foreground. Name a part of your art work that is in the middle-ground. Name a part of your art work that is in the background. • Why are the colors of paint you are using called analogous colors? Can you name a different group of analogous colors? • What is a collage? Describe how your Irises collage is likeVan Gogh’s. How is it different?

9. Art Performance Rubric:

10. Demonstrating Technique(s) Please click on the following video link to see Mrs. Humphrey demonstrating the iris printing technique:

11. Our Individual Project: 4th Grade Art!

12. Our Collaboration Project:

13. Our Collaboration Project:

14. Our Van Gogh “Masterpiece”