Teacher: Destiny Skidmore Subject: Art Grade Level: 8th Grade

Overall Goal of Lesson: Creating a unique parody of Vincent Van Gogh”s Starry Night. Doing so
through the medium of watercolor painting and crayon to establish the look and style of Van Gogh's
artwork.

Instructional Objectives: The student must create their own version of Van Gogh's Starry Night with
certain key elements applied. The medium will be watercolor and crayon, for the wax will help with
outlines of shapes and objects. Different watercolor techniques will also be applied

Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills (TEKS) Key Vocabulary: Line, shape, elements,
& ELPS:117.203. Art, Middle School 2, technique
Adopted 2013. Section b, 1, A

Higher Order Questions: Who is Vincent Van Gogh? Have you learned about him before? Can you
name any of his paintings?

Student Activities: (Keep in mind the following: Scaffolding, Independent or Cooperative activities,
Groupings, Reading, Writing, Listening, Hands-On/Minds-On, Connections to previous knowledge,
etc)
This individual activity will encourage creativity in brainstorming. The use of the right side of their
brain, the creative and artistic side, will be put to use

Modifications/ELL Strategies: Anticipatory Activity for Lesson: Apply drawing,

Help them brainstorm ideas of their painting and other mixed media abilities. Learn the process
interests to incorporate into their of creativity and brainstorming.
painting. And if needed draw an
outline for their painting

Time Teacher Input/Lesson Activity: All of these steps will be for the first class time only.
Students will have 1 week to finish the project.
15 min I will first present a few things about Van Gogh’s life such as a slideshow, short
documentaries, etc. And I will focus on the main painting of the project, Starry Night.
Then I will show a few examples/ideas of what can be done with this project.

Modeling:
10 min Showing an Example: I will create my own version of Starry night to display to the
class as an example.
Beginning Process: I will show the student how to brainstorm ideas by forming a list
of 10 of my interests(this can be animals, activities, tv shows, food, ect.) Then from
that list choose their top three and drawing rough sketches for each
 Rough Sketches: Demonstrate rough sketches. These are fast and can be messy, but
they are for a general idea.
Choose favorite: I will choose my favorite, get watercolor paper from instructor(me)
and begin drawing the real deal
Begin Drawing: I will then demonstrate how to sketch my idea. I will inform the
students that this should be lightly sketched so the crayon and watercolor will hide the
pencil marks.
Crayon: The outlines you want in the painting should be outlined in crayon. Different
colors should be used depending on what you are outlining. And if you outline
something in blue for example, the inside should be painted blue.
Painting: Painting will be taught in second class with a small watercolor painting
activity
5 min

Guided Practice: Begin brainstorming their top 10 list of interests, Then out of those
10 min circle their top 3

Independent Practice: Begin drawing rough sketches of their top three, choose one,
and get approval from me. If I approva I will give them their watercolor paper to being
10 min drawing for their final project

Lesson Closure: Students should find a stopping point and begin cleaning up. What
was not completed can be finished up in the classes to follow

Assessment Methods/Strategies: By the end of this class period I shall determine

how much time is needed for this project by observing how fast they work. And I will
get an idea of who was able to follow directions.

Resources (supplies, equipment, software, etc.): Watercolor paints, Crayons of many different colors,
15in x 18in pieces of watercolor paper for each student, pencils, manilla paper for rough sketches, salt,
cups, paintbrushes.

Reflection: An enjoyable project where kids can learn about an artist and his artwork, while putting
their own unique twist on it. The many steps keeps the process of this project going, and students seem
to love the mixed media portion of the project.