Van Gogh's Waterlilies -- In Watercolor!

Welcome spring!

To celebrate this beautiful weather, today the kinder class made landscapes based on Vincent Van Gogh's classic waterlily paintings. We began today's class with a quick introduction to Vincent Van Gogh as an artist. We viewed a wide selection of his paintings. We quickly noticed that his favorite subject was nature -- and his favorite colors blue and yellow!

Waterlilies by Vincent Van Gogh

With this in mind we began work on our own pieces.

First we prepared our watercolor paper by adding waterproof electrical tape to the pages in the shape of the bridge. The children added the rails in tape as well and then began their paintings. Here are photos capturing the works in progress. The children were free to make whatever color and design choice they chose as long as they made sure to paint the whole page with color.

After the paintings were full of color and the kids felt they were complete, we laid them out to dry and took some time to work on sketchbooks and free drawings. Then, when the paintings were dry, we peeled off the electrical tape to reveal the bridges! These are GORGEOUS. Stop by school and take a look!