Lesson: Grade: Duration: Objectives: 1st

Starry Nights

3-4 class periods Students ill create individual !i"ed !edia paintings# inspired by $incent $an Gogh%s &Starry Night'( )hey ill create the stars# !oon# and s irls ith oil pastels' )hey ill paint over the oil pastels ith atered-do n-te!pera# and then i!!ediately ipe o** the paint to resist the oil pastels even !ore' )he students ill create the village and cypress trees out o* blac+ construction paper and glue these on to the painting once dried'

,uilding -pon .revious /no ledge: Students ill build upon previous dra ing# oil pastel# painting# and cutting s+ills' .rocedures: 1' $ie &)he Starry Night( by $incent $an Gogh' 0s+ 1uestions about the painting: 2hy is it called &)he Starry Night3( 4o can e tell it is night3 2hat else do e see in the painting3 2hat are the s irls3 2hat about the village3 2hat is the pointy building3 2hat are the yello colors in the buildings3 5' )al+ about $incent $an Gogh' 4e as *ro! the Netherlands' 4e taught hi!sel* ho to paint' 4e never ent to school *or art' 4is brother# )heo# as a la yer and he ould sell $incent%s art or+ to his la clients' $incent had a special disease called epilepsy' )his is a disease that causes sei6ures 7e"plain hat a sei6ure is8' $incent also li+ed to drin+ a special drin+ that !ade his disease orse# doctors did not +no that this drin+ !ade hi! !ore sic+' $incent had a best *riend na!ed .aul' 4e and .aul used to paint in the su!!er together' )hey loved painting sun*lo ers' One su!!er they got into a huge argu!ent about painting and .aul le*t' $incent got so upset about this argu!ent ith his best *riend that he cut his o n ear o**' 9n so!e o* $incent%s sel*-portraits you can see the bandage over the ear he cut o**' 3' De!onstrate ho to do the s+y on hite paper' Decide here to put the !oon *irst# it does not need to loo+ e"actly li+e $incent%s' Dra the !oon and the stars and the s irls ith pencil *irst' De!onstrate tracing over the pencil ith oil pastels' :e!ind the students to apply the oil pastels using lots o* pressure' )he harder you push# the !ore the oil pastels blend and loo+ li+e paint' De!onstrate using the colors o* stars; hite# yello s# oranges# pin+s# etc' 4' )he students ill create their s+ies on hite paper' -se large 715 " 1<(8 hite paper *or this' Oil pastels do not co!e out o* clothes so have the students ear paint shirts' =' >>5nd ?lass .eriod>> )eacher !ust prepare the blue te!pera paint' .ut a little blue paint in a s!all container 7yogurt cups are great8 and then *ill the container hal* ay ith ater' Stir' )est the blue paint on a piece o* scrap hite paper' .aint it on over so!e oil pastel dra ing and then

i!!ediately ipe it o** ith paper to el' 9* the oil pastels don%t sho through easily you have too !uch paint and not enough ater' De!onstrate ho to paint over the s+y' )a+e the piece o* hite paper ith colored stars' )al+ to the students about ho $incent%s blue s+y covered the hole paper' -sing a paint brush# stir the paint and apply all over the hite paper' Do this 1uic+ly as once the paint dries it ill be i!possible to ipe o**' )a+e a paper to el and cru!ple it up to ipe better' 2ipe the blue paint o** the paper' De!onstrate ho to ipe in s irls to sho patterns in the paint' .aper to els need to be thro n a ay# brushes go in the !ain brush buc+et# set the paintings in the drying rac+ to dry' )his ill not ta+e the students long' So de!onstrate ho to dra the village on blac+ construction paper using hite# yello # and orange colored pencils' @very student needs A buildings and 5 trees' )he buildings need to have lights on# sho ing through indo s# doors# etc' De!onstrate cutting the buildings and trees out' Students ill put their village pieces in an envelope *or ne"t class' A' Students paint over their s+ies and then ipe the paint o**' )his basically stains the paper blue# hile sho ing the oil pastels through' :e!e!ber to ear paint shirts' Students ill then start dra ing their villages and trees' )hey ill cut these out i* ti!e' B' >>3rd ?lass .eriod>> De!onstrate ho to !ove houses and trees around on the blue s+y to decide here to glue the!' Glue the! do n using glue stic+s' Sho the students to use a lot o* glue because o* the painted paper' 9* the s+ies are too dar+ and the stars# !oon# and s irls are *ading;ta+e the oil pastels and touch up areas that need brightening' <' Students ill glue their villages and trees to the botto!s o* paintings' )hey ill brighten up their s+ies i* needed' Caterials: 1 sheet o* hite paper 715 " 1<(8# pencil# eraser# oil pastels# blue te!pera paint# yogurt cup# paint brushes# paper to els# 1 sheet o* blac+ construction paper# hiteDyello Dorange colored pencils' Students are assessed on their per*or!ance concerning attitude and e**ort' )echni1ues learned and applied' ?lass participation during introduction# or+ ti!e# closing# and transitions' Some students will Dra !oon# stars# and s irls ith pencils# then outline ith oil pastels using several colors' .aint s+y blue# then ipe o** all color leaving only the stain' -se colored pencils to dra A buildings 7including the Advanced students will Dra !oon# stars# and s irls ith pencils# then outline and blend ith oil pastels using several colors' .aint s+y blue# then ipe o** all color leaving only the stain in s irled patterns' -se colored pencils to dra A buildings 7including the

0ssess!ent:

All students will Dra !oon and stars ith pencil# then outline ith oil pastels' .aint s+y blue# then ipe o** color' -se colored pencils to dra A buildings and 5 trees' -se colored pencils to !a+e lighted indo s on

buildings' ?ut out buildings and trees and glue to botto! o* painting'

church ith steeple8 and 5 trees' ?ut out buildings and trees and glue to botto! o* painting neatly'

church ith steeple8 and 5 cypress tress' -se colored pencils to !a+e lighted indo s and details on all buildings' ?ut out buildings and trees and glue to botto! o* painting neatly ith all edges glued ell' ,righten up s+y ith oil pastels at end o* project'