Van Gogh and the Sunflowers
3rd Grade
Description of Lesson Plan
Students will create their own sunflower picture using small pieces of paper
MATERIALS NEEDED (for each student)
- White paper
- Pencil
- Red paper
- Yellow paper
- Orange paper
- Green paper
- Blue paper
- Indigo paper
- Violet paper
- Glue stick
Teacher Resources
Van Gogh and the Sunflowers
Pictures of at least 3 of Van Gogh’s works. (The Scream, Starry Night, The Sunflowers)Objectives
Students will:
- Learn to create art using colors without crayons, pencils, markers or paint
- Demonstrate an ability to create their own picture from an already existing object
- Create art when using a still life for reference
Standards Addressed
- Texture - Make an actual texture that looks implied from a distance
- Unity – Blending and repeating the art elements.
Pedagogy
- Read Van Gogh and the Sunflowers
- Show pieces of Van Gogh’s work
- Talk about why people like his work
- Have a vase of sunflowers in the center of every table, instruct the children to draw the sunflowers in pencil.
- Give every child an assortment of paper and show them how to rip it into to small pieces and glue it to their page. They are to recreate the picture they drew, putting colors into it with ripped paper
- Let them know we are making a ‘garden’ so they must do their best work.
Assessment
- Are the children integrating color into their pictures? If they are using the paper pieces then they are.
- Are the children using their imagination? If their picture does not look like anyone else’s then they are.
Third graders have a much longer attention span than that of younger grades. If this lesson plan were proposed to be done with 1st or 2nd graders, it would never get completed. Gluing tiny pieces of paper onto another paper is not something small children have the patience for. Third Graders also have more ability to use the small muscles in their hands, making it easier to put detail into their art work. (emphasis Art, pg 208-209 bullets 2 and 9)
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