 | Art Era: 1870's - 1920's Art Movement: Impressionist Featured Artist: Vincent Van Gogh Grades: 3rd grade - 5th grade Key Vocabulary: Impressionist, texture, landscape, foreground, middle ground, background, oil paint, painting, oil pastel, impasto, pumpkin patch. Cross curricular connections: Science- seasons |
"The Starry Night" by Vincent van Gogh
During our lesson on Impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh we explored his use of space and texture. This painting is a great example of works of art that have a foreground, middle ground and background. Can you identify the object in the foreground of this painting?
Paintings with texture
Texture, another element of art, is used to describe either the way a three-dimensional work actually feels when touched, or the visual "feel" of a two-dimensional work.
Take rocks, for example. A real, 3-D rock might feel rough or smooth, and definitely feels hard when touched or picked up. A painter, depicting a rock, would create the illusions of these qualities through use of color, line, shape, etc.
What kind of textures can you find in Vincent Van Gogh's sky?
Take rocks, for example. A real, 3-D rock might feel rough or smooth, and definitely feels hard when touched or picked up. A painter, depicting a rock, would create the illusions of these qualities through use of color, line, shape, etc.
What kind of textures can you find in Vincent Van Gogh's sky?
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