Hello, friends!
In case you are not familiar with my book, YOU are the main character in the book as the events unfold in real time. It all begins, as most adventures do, in the art room. The reader decides which art adventure to take. When I read this book to my students, we voted on which adventures to go on…and they loved it! I share much more about reading this book to my students here.
In honor of this amazing artist, I thought I’d put together some of my favorite Vincent-inspired art lessons. I also created two FREE downloads just for you and your students to go with their very favorite van Gogh lesson…a James Rizzi and van Gogh mashup!
I always keep sheets like these in sheet protectors because…these kids are messy! You can find the sheet with the silly faces and more details on the lesson here.
I’m a big ole fan of Charley Harper so this lesson brings him and Vincent together in one super cute and fun lesson. Details with video here.
Of course, mark making and brushstrokes are always important to chat about when learning about van Gogh. This second grade lesson focused on that while also talking about warm and cool colors.
Here’s what the painting exploration looked like after the first day.
And here’s our final touches with India ink. Full lesson here.
These second grade Super Hero Selfies were always a favorite lesson…it’s one we did EVERY year! The sky was inspired by, you guessed it! Van Gogh! Lesson details here.
I’ll leave ya with another illustration from my book Find Your Way! The book features 7 different artists, over 80 illustrations, 32 different endings, a biography of each artist and a project inspired by each artist too! It was a labor of love…I hope your students enjoy it as much as mine did!
