Vincent Van Gogh Inspired Collage

For this project, we studied the styles of artist/painter Vincent Van Gogh. In particular, we based our project off of one of his famous works known as "Starry Night." Student began by mod podging pieces of tissue paper onto a piece of dark construction paper to create the sky. Once the sky is created, student chose a landscape for the foreground of the picture. It could be city buildings, a beach, a farm, etc. This is cut out of construction paper. Last, students can enhance the landscape by using either crayons or oil pastels to draw lines or dashes throughout the piece. This can create movement within the work of art! 

Extension Activity: I would use this collage to make language arts more fun! I would have my students make the collage and then write a story about what is going on in the scene. This activity really gives the students a chance to use their imagination and creativity! Another activity I could have students do is create a scene from a book we are reading in class.