Wednesday 13 July 2011

The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh

Inspired by The Starry Night painted by Vincent Van Gogh.

We mixed thick poster/acrylic paint with a few drops of pva glue. Painted the sky and then used a fork to create the swirly marks in the paint.

This is the result...


23 comments:

  1. What beautiful art work - looks like fun :-) xx

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  2. Excellent! As an artist myself, I absolutely love to see what children do with the master's wealth of inspiration! I never fail to be more inspired!

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  3. Beautifully done! Great way to appreciate art.

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  4. Wonderful art and a brilliant idea to thicken the paint.

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  5. wonderful art - love this! :) Would love to invite you to share on The Sunday Showcase - a child centered linky party - http://momto2poshlildivas.blogspot.com/2011/07/sunday-showcase-child-centered-linky.html

    Bernadette -Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas

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  6. That looks sooo pretty! That should definitely be in a place of prominence.

    Coming through from Link and Learn.

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  7. How fun! I love this idea :)

    Thanks for linking up to Toddle Along Tuesday at Growing Up Geeky and Our Growing Garden!

    I'm your newest follower via GFC :)

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  8. Fun! Thanks for sharing...I'm visiting from delicate Construction and I'm always looking for ideas to do with my almost-3-year old son!

    Amy
    oneartmama.blogspot.com

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  9. I LOVE THIS! It turned out beautiful. We like to use the fork for painting things too at our house. New follower and can't wait to explore more of your blog. Hope you'll stop by to say hi and follow back. :)

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  10. I love art projects that are based on famous works of art. Children learn so much from it. Well done!

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  11. What artists! I love their finished project. I will try this when my kids are older.

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  12. Oooh this is gorgeous! Will have a go at this with my lot. Have you seen this video, it's lovely:

    http://youtu.be/XemweIAvi8Q

    This video of Picasso painting fun pictures is also really fab. Its B&W and pure magic:

    http://youtu.be/Bo9UDldSDgk

    :-)

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  13. Very nice ! This painting is one of my favorites from van Gogh. He also is my favorite painter.

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  14. Wow! VERY nice.

    (I love Starry Night.)

    =)

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  15. That is the vest teacher you could get.Lovely artwork

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  16. What fun! I had a student who recreated Starry Night on a bed sheet to hang on her wall! That project took us quite some time!

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  17. neat! Van Gogh is a great inspiration piece, and a nice pick for the letter S! {:-Deb

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  18. I love this!! :)
    Visiting from Alphabe-Thursday!

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  19. Those are truly beautiful!

    Teresa

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  20. Children being creative makes my heart sing!

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  21. Oh, I love this! I hope you framed it!

    Thanks for a special link! I admire all the creative things you do with your children!

    Thanks for sharing.

    A+

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  22. Oh my goodness, didn't kids do a FANTASTIC job. I LOVE your starry nights. Beautiful.

    Thank you for joining in with Kids Get Arty!

    Maggy

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