How can nature inspire us to create an original art piece using oil pastels? By Leilani Hanchett ITE326 J. Herring Visual Art Unit Plan Target Level: Second Grade

Vincent Van Gogh March 30, 1853-July 29,1890. Post impressionist painter. Didn’t paint until he was in his 20s. Most of his paintings were completed two years before his death.

The next five slides contain Van Gogh’s Art The Mulberry Tree, October 1889 A Wheatfield with Cypresses, July 1889 Stone bench in the garden of Saint Paul Hospital, November 1889 Wheat Field at Auvers with White House, June 1890 Starry Night, June 1889

Open Ended Questions Describe what you see in the foreground of this reproduction of a Van Gogh painting. Describe what you see in the middle ground. Describe what you see in the background. What shapes can you see in this painting? What colors are used to depict the night sky? How does this painting make you feel? What do you think the painting is trying to communicate? This is a very famous painting. Why do you think this painting is so famous? Do you think it is difficult to create an art piece like this one? Why or Why not? What do you like about this artwork?

Essential Understanding Oil pastels can be used to create an art piece. Oil pastel/brush stroke can help express your ideas on paper. Oil pastels can be used in a variety of ways. Oil pastels can overlap to compose different colors. Oil pastels can be blended.

Concepts for art lessons Art History: Study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contents. Texture: Roughness or smoothness of a surface in a work of art. Oil pastels: Art medium similar to pastels and wax crayons. Observation: After viewing Starry Night students will assigned homework and will have to look up at the night sky and describe what they see. Original art piece: Students will create an art piece that is unique and that the designed themselves

Oil Pastel Techniques

Oil pastel brush strokes

Art production experiences Cornett (2011) discusses warm up activities for students to get motivated about art (pg. 179). Scribble and Doodle is one of these activities that I will be using. The students will all be given a 3x5 sheet of paper and use oil pastels. I will call out shapes for students to draw and they will be encouraged to fill up the entire paper. I will introduce students to Vincent Van Gogh and his style of art work. The Mulberry Tree-The student’s will look at this painting for lesson number two. They will paint a tree that they see on the school campus.

Art Production of Starry Night The students will be working on this in the final lesson. I will have students focus on the elements of day and night. I will have students look at the sky during the day. They will use what they saw to create an original art piece. After the second lesson I will have students look at the night sky for their homework. I want them to observe what they see so they can use this in the classroom the next day. They will use both of these elements to create and art piece of their own. The students will use the sky as the background using elements from day and night. They can decide if they want to put anything in the foreground.

References http://www.vangoghgallery.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh Cornett, C.E. (2011). Creating meaning through literature and the arts: arts integration for classroom teachers (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon/Pearson www.google.com/images