Who was Vincent van Gogh? Most of the questions can be answered in two or three sentences; however, there is at least one essay prompt and one personal response question that require longer answers. Questions call for a good mix of...

Students create representations of Van Gogh's "Starry Night" using the main artistic elements of color, line, balance, movement, and space. The class is then asked to discuss the creative process.

Youngsters improve their measuring and counting skills using sunflowers. They view pictures painted by Van Gogh. Everyone works in groups to measure sunflowers and record their findings, and they all use sunflower seeds to create...

Students examine Vincent van Gogh's self-portraits and letters. They consider how first-person art forms aid the process of self-discovery. They produce a Van Gogh-style self-portrait and write a letter describing it

Students create original works of "sunflower" art using Van Gogh's paintings and the book "Camille and the Sunflowers" as a basis. Pastels and sugar paper are the suggested medium for this creative project.

Pupils write a story inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's "Starry Night" and then try their hand at their own rendition of this famous piece of art. In a twist, students incorporate the stories into their paintings.

Students understand the selflessness of the artists Gauguin and Van Gogh. In this art lesson, students produce art work that reflects the diversity in the their school community. Students share their artwork to explain how they show...

Students examine the life and works of Vincent Van Gogh. They complete a class KWL chart, and watch a PowerPoint presentation about the life of Vincent Van Gogh. Next, they use a digital photo of themselves to create a self-portrait...

Students create sunflower paintings using pastels, pencils, and construction paper in this Art instructional activity for the early-elementary classroom. Emphasis is placed on the artwork of Vincent van Gogh and the book Camille and the...

Students paint a picture inspired by Van Gogh's Starry Night, using various tones of the color blue. Students journal their thoughts and feelings about the painting and then analyzing a few questions given. Students title their paintings

Students explore using digital cameras to take their own photograph and then download them to the school's Dell computers. They then utilize the Tool Factory Workshop program to manipulate the photograph to only a few basic colors and...

Students create a motivational star banner to inspire the writing of poetry. As a class they read poems, songs, and quotes about stars and night skies, view and discuss "Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh, then create a star banner on...

“What’s in a name?” Just about everything. Barack Obama, Vincent van Gogh, Justin Bieber. Famous names evoke a multitude of reactions and poets often use the names of famous people in their works precisely because names carry...

Young scholars study the use of trees in art.  In this investigative instructional activity students create art using leaf rubbings and develop a classification method for trees. 

Cover one-point perspective through observation and practice. Class members examine several works of art that use one-point perspective, look at magazine images to find the vanishing points and horizon lines, and draw their own city...

Students explore artistic design by creating pin wheel models in class. In this modern art lesson, students examine historic art work of Van Gogh, O'Keeffe and Mondrian before emulating their work on construction paper. Students utilize...

Students discuss expressionism, techniques in art, and sunflowers and create original works of "Sunflower" art in this Art lesson for all levels and abilities. It is suggested to take the class outside to view sunflowers prior to...

Sixth graders study about Impressionism and Post Impressionism. They create a watercolor collage.

Students create and discuss works of Impressionism in this lesson plan for the elementary classroom. Emphasis is placed on Monet's "Water Lilies" and the Bridge or Gardens at Giverny.

In need of a few great ways to teach an arts-enriched lesson on astronomy? This resource contains several interesting ideas that link poetry to the stars in the sky. These suggestions are very simple and could use a teachers touch, but...

Young scholars help create "Art picture frames" that display their own artwork throughout the year in this exciting lesson for the pre-Kindergarten classroom. The "frames" are then decorated with small mouse cutouts and pictures of each...

Students examine works of landscape artists and create their own artwork.

Eighth graders study Impressionism through the works of Claude Monet. They do a self portrait in the Impressionist style.

Pupils create a crayon resist flower following a dicussion about Georgia O'Keefe's art.