Over the last few weeks in Art we have been learning how to: identify and apply hot and cold colours; create artwork inspired by that of a famous artist 👩🏼‍🎨 and apply texture.

We studied the work and life of Vincent Van Gogh. We researched facts about his life and his art. Did you know his first panting was called The Potato Eaters?! We thought this was quite funny! We began by looking at one of his famous panting ps that uses hot colours. We studied the painting Sunflowers 🌻

We thought the painting looked actually quite sad as the flowers were drooping 🥀 and the colours were quite dusty. We decided to recreate Sunflowers in a more fun and vibrant way. We applied texture by using different materials to add layers and a 3D aspect.  We discussed texture vocabulary such as smooth, bumpy, lumpy, rough and soft.

The second painting we looked at was a cold coloured painting called Starry Night. We thought this looked magical and we imagined Plop the owl exploring the night sky. 🦉We continued to learn to apply texture by cutting and sticking different materials to create a cold, starry scene. We loved using the glitter to add a scratchy and sparkly layer ✨💫🌟

We are so proud of our artist study and the results are beautiful! Test us on our hot and cold colour knowledge to see how good we are! 🌈🎨👩🏼‍🎨👨🏽‍🎨