Materials

•  Pencil
•  Blue paper
•  Oil Pastels
Breath Bubble
 Sunflowers
Objective: Discuss the reasons Van Gogh painted
sunflowers, and create your own sunflower painting.

Art Standards: VA:

Cn11.1.Ka Identify a
purpose of an artwork.
•  The Elements of Art
are what artists use
to create art.
Elements of
Art: Shape,
Line, Color
 Vocabulary

•  Still Life – a painting or drawing showing

inanimate objects, such as flowers or fruit.
 Vincent Van Gogh

•  Vincent Van Gogh is one of the world’s most

famous painters.
 Vincent Van Gogh
•  Van Gogh painted Sunflowers for the room he rented
in France. His friend, the painter Paul Gaugin, was
coming to visit and Van Gogh wanted to redecorate.
 Vincent Van Gogh

•  Van Gogh painted many sunflowers. Here are a

few.
Vincent Van Gogh
 Vincent Van Gogh

•  Why do you think all of Van Gogh’s flowers are

wilted?
Your Assignment
 Teacher Demonstration
•  https://youtu.be/gDqIqMKX5Uk
Share your artwork. Hold it up. Be
proud.
 Journal Entry
•  What are some other objects you can draw
for a still life?
Good-bye.