VanGogh's Flowers.

In kindergarten we talked about Vincent VanGogh and his famous Starry Night painting.  I also showed the kindergarteners VanGogh's Sunflowers painting.  In my classroom I've hung a copy of the Sunflowers painting that I painted for a class, and told them, "Sometimes if you really like a painter, it's fun to try to paint in the same way they do.  Just like if you wanted to be a good basketball player, you might try to copy the skills of a famous athlete."  After watching a brief video about VanGogh and talking about how he painted with lines, each of the kindergarten students received 3 small pieces of paper that they could draw flowers on (with oil pastel -- or "soft crayons" as some students say).  With our flowers we recreated VanGogh's Sunflowers painting, and now each classroom's "painting" is hanging proudly in their homeroom.  What a beautiful project!

VanGogh's Starry Night

VanGogh's Sunflowers

Students' Sunflowers