Sunflowers From Vincent

Grade 3:  Sunflowers in Pastel

This lesson drew from three sources:  Vincent Van Gogh’s famous painting, the ideas of symmetry and asymmetry, and close observation – drawing from a still life.  Seems like a lot for grade 3?  Not when they are motivated.  This is the group who always say when I walk into the classroom “Mrs. Godwin!!  Do we have ART today?”  (Sometimes attended by a few hugs or excited snatches of personal ‘updates’ since I saw them last.)

I started with showing them a print of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers.  Some of the students recognized the image – one even from a print (or was it a mug?) they have at home.

Winter 2014 / Ferndale Elementary School

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