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| Still Life by Michaela |
Wishing for warm weather and gardens filled with colorful blossoms, second graders painted a still life with flowers. We were inspired by the artwork of Vincent van Gogh, (1853-1890), a Dutch post-impressionist artist well known for his composition of "Sunflowers." He painted with short directional brush strokes that helped define the shape and movement of each element on his canvas.
To explore this style of artwork, we painted our vase, table and back wall with bright colors and let our brush strokes create patterns in the color. Then we learned a technique for painting flowers using the thickness of the brush to create the petals. We did not draw our flowers, but went right to paint, letting our brushes create each blossom. They all look like beautiful bouquets of wildflowers. Again inspired by the master, we signed our names right on the vase, just as Vincent did!
Here are some examples of our work. To see all of our 2nd grade flower paintings, click on this link for artsonia.com.
http://www.artsonia.com/schools/school.asp?id=114839
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| Still Life by Alina |
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| Still Life by Phillip |
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| Still Life by Hannah |
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| Still Life by William |
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| Still Life by Scout |
