Lesson Plan Submitted by Cindy Slotnick
Elementary Art Teacher at Schools 4, 8, & 9 in Linden, New Jersey. (USA)
Grades: K-5th grades
Materials:
- 12x18" white paper
- Neon crayons
- Watered- down black paint
- 6x18" black paper
- White chalk
- Glue
Procedure:
Takes approximately 2-3 art periods.
A reproduction of Van Gogh's Starry Night
is shown to the class and critiqued. Ask about the lines Van Gogh uses in the sky to show movement. Discuss foreground and background and what objects are in them.
Students are given crayons; neon colors are even better. They were asked to draw, pressing hard, stars and moon like Starry Night and to repeat shapes around them so that it looks like the stars were radiating. Swirls were added to the picture. Have students put name in crayon at the top so that you'll be able to see it when finished.
Students will paint over crayoned sky with black paint (crayon resist) and let dry. Next lesson, discuss what a silhouette is. Using the black 6x18" paper, have students draw a base line in chalk and attach mountains, houses, skyline of any type and then cut around the outside edges and not to cut off baseline.
Using glue, glue the side that has the chalk showing, then turn over and place at the bottom of your crayon resist painting. Voila! A beautiful Starry Night.
