A Vincent Van Gogh PumpkinMasterpiece
I love Halloween & Fall! Seriously. Love it. But I do not like the creepy & bloody decor. I really get into giant piles of pumpkins, gourds, brightly colored squash - the sweeter side of Halloween, and art with kids.
This is a super fun art project for any age, we created these with 4th graders. There are a few easy steps to help keep it simple. I found an image from
Mr. O's Art Room on Pinterest and ran with it.
You can create this in either order (background or pumpkins) and then glue pumpkins to the starry background. It helped to have different paint stations in the classroom.
- NIGHT SKY
- (full sheet black)
- We painted the starry starry night sky with light colors first then dark colors, so it would show up on the black paper.
I gave them examples so they could see the two projects before they were glued on top.
PUMPKINS
(1/2 sheet white)
(1/2 sheet white)
- They drew the pumpkins with pencil, then outlined with permanent black marker.
- Next they painted from light oranges to darker oranges for shadows to create a more 3-D effect. It's a hard concept to grasp and I think those that dared to try did awesome.
- Once the paint was dry, they cut out their pumpkins and glued it on top of their starry night.
I encouraged them to paint a variety of pumpkins- because there are so many shapes, sizes and colors.
Happy Fall Y'all!
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