Students in the senior levels studied the work of
Vincent Van Gogh as part of a unit on painting. We looked at the work of Van
Gogh, in particular his iris and sunflower paintings. Students completed some
still life drawings of sunflowers in their visual diaries and were shown how to
draw irises just like Van Gogh using black oil pastels.
Students were then shown how to use a technique
known as ‘double loading’ when adding paint to their picture. Double loading
involves loading two colours of paint on a brush before painting, achieving a
realistic blend of colours when added to the painting. Students experimented
with mixing their own colours using acrylic paint. Once dry, students then
added black outlines to their flowers and leaves in the style of Van Gogh. Many
students remarked how proud they were of their professional looking paintings.
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