Second graders are Van Gogh Masters!!!!!

Second grade did an in-depth lesson on Van Gogh. We started with the history of him, and talked about his passion for art and yes, how he cut his ear off!  Thiese are the things students will remember!!!!  They loved hearing about how he applied his paint on thick and how poor he was.
They created sunflower pictures in pencil and then had the choice of outlining it in black oil pastel or a mix of colors.  After that they painted it with watercolors.
From there they created a Starry Night background with oil pastel, trying to recreate the feeling of the small lines creating the wind in the sky.  They then washed over it with a water color of their choice.