1. Fishing Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries
Vincent van Gogh
Fishing Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries

2. Life Born over 150 years ago, in 1853 3 sisters and 2 brothers
Never married or had any children
Intelligent, serious, quiet, thoughtful and had a wild imagination
Worked unsuccessfully as a bookseller, an art dealer, and a preacher
Was not famous when he was alive

3. Art Began to paint at 27 years old
Became interested in art when he worked in his uncle’s galleries
His painting style was called Post-Impressionism
He produced 860 paintings and over 1,300 sketches and prints
He only sold 1 painting while alive
Now his paintings sell for millions of dollars

4. Art
He used color and swirling brush strokes to tell how he was feeling
If he was happy he used bright colors
If he was sad he used dark colors
The Yellow House
The Potato Eaters

5. Vase with Twelve Sunflowers
Works of Art
Irises
White House at Night
Starry Night
Vase with Twelve Sunflowers

6. Fishing Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries
The elements of art discussed in second grade are: Space, Color and Value.
Space
Space refers to the area around, below, above and with objects.
- Perspective gives the illusion of depth and distance on a flat surface.
* Foreground (closest)
* Background (farthest)
* Middle Ground (between fore- and background)
Can anyone show me the:
Foreground, Middle Ground & Background?
Color
A palette is a tray or board on which paint is mixed.
Secondary colors are made by mixing sets of primary colors.
Complementary colors are two colors opposite on another on a color wheel.
A neutral color is not associated with a hue, such as black, white or gray.
- Does anyone know the primary colors? – red, yellow & blue
- Does anyone know the secondary colors? – purple, orange & green
- Does anyone know what compliments:
Red – Green, Blue – Orange & Purple - Yellow
Value
Describes the lightness or darkness of a color.
- Shade is the dark value of a color.
- Tint is the light value of a color.
- What color do you add to get a different shade of a color? – Black
- What color do you add to get a different tint of a color? - White
Van Gogh Museum
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1888
Oil on Canvas