20 May, 2014

Van Gogh Inspired Irises

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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