van Gogh to your room

PLACE  How might a place inspire an artist?  How do artists represent places?  Why do artists represent places?  What types of things would be in your personal place? (Think about colors, lines, objects, etc.) Questions from:

Here is a short video about Vincent van Gogh (click on the image below)

Bedroom at Arles (first version), 1888 Images from :

Bedroom at Arles (second version), 1889 Images from :

Bedroom at Arles (third version), 1889 Images from :

Tell me some the things that are the same and are different in van Gogh’s three version of his bedroom at Arles.

One-Point Perspective  Creating the illusion of three dimensions on a two dimensional surface from one point in space  Bedroom at Arles is created using one- point perspective

First find your vanishing point … this is the point that your floorboards, wall-windows and doors will be guided from To create a window, the top and bottom frames should go straight toward your one-point. Finally, your vertical lines should be parallel with the side of the paper.

Creating a window in one-point perspective Animation from:

To create floorboards, all lines must be drawn into the vanishing point. Animation from: http ://

A contemporary artist dealing with personal place: Andrea Zittel Still from “Sufficient Self”, 2004, showing “Wagon Station”, 2003, Powder coated steel, mdf, aluminum, lexan.

Here is a short video on one of Zittel’s pieces. (click on the image above)

Mixed media  Using a variety of materials to create a work of art  You will get to use pencils, wallpaper, watercolors, crayons, Sharpies, collage with catalogs and construction paper to create a bedroom (or personal place) in one-point perspective

Here are some past student samples…