Lesson Planning
Vincent van Gogh - Sunflowers
Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of
Famous for more than Five Minutes - NEW LOOK Artists - NEW LOOK
Objectives
Art
- To understand some of the events that took place during Van Gogh’s life and what inspired him.
- To use oil pastels firmly and with confidence to build up texture, and to apply a wash gently and evenly.
History
- To understand historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity, difference and significance by exploring why Van Gogh’s paint colours changed when he moved from the Netherlands to France.
Enquiry question
How did Vincent van Gogh’s work change throughout his life?
Outcomes
Children will:
- Understand that Van Gogh’s use of colour was influenced by his surroundings.
- Use oil pastels with a wash to make an oil resist picture of sunflowers.
- Gain understanding of composition by basing our work on Van Gogh’s Sunflowers painting.
Provided Resources
You Will Need
Oil pastels and thin paint or concentrated colour powder paint
Brushes
Drawing paper
Weblinks
short video from the Van Gogh Museum telling the story of Vincent van Gogh (www.youtube.com)