Van Gogh Starry Night Art Game

Van Gogh Starry Night Art Game

Ready to liven up your elementary art curriculum with engaging, step-by-step oil pastel projects? This Van Gogh Starry Night art lesson will boost student confidence and creativity. Kids will appreciate his thick, swirling brushstrokes and bold colors. Moreover, they’ll connect with his journey to becoming an artist.

And, it’ll help time-starved teachers like you create lesson plans based on modern artists like Vincent Van Gogh. 

During this Starry Night project, your class will learn how Van Gogh created contrast through the use of different line varieties in his oil paintings. And, they’ll discover how he transitioned from dark, moody colors to bright, cheerful hues. Students will draw Starry Night using the step-by-step guide and PowerPoint.

Plan lessons for kids about contemporary artists and art appreciation in a way that excites them. Finally feel confident in your art curriculum and be organized and prepared to teach art!

What’s Included In My Van Gogh Art Project

Can I be honest with you? Art history can sometimes be boring for kids. There, I said it. Teaching about artists and cultures doesn’t have to be a snoozer, though! 

I’ve designed 3 different ways for students to attempt this Van Gogh art project. All will engage kids to create! Choose which way works best for your classes:

• Roll a dice game to add randomness to your student’s artwork
• “You Pick” art worksheet for kids to choose their own elements
• Digital spinner wheels, so kids can randomly pick elements and you can integrate technology in the art room
• Printable dice template in case you have no dice
• Step-by-step picture directions to guide students through the art process
• Drawing practice worksheet, for kids who want to sketch out their ideas
• Vincent Van Gogh Artist biography about the life and work of this Dutch landscape painter, so you don’t need to research
• “Big Ideas” reflection worksheet where students write about their art process 
• Self-assessment worksheet so kids can think about how they performed during the project
• Art grading rubric which assesses expectations, craftsmanship, work habits, creativity, and clean-up
• 8 “I CAN” Statements aligned to the Studio Habits of Mind to use during instruction or post on your bulletin board
• 4 Art exit tickets with quick, thought-provoking prompts
• Art history coloring pages to keep kids inspired by Van Gogh’s Starry Night painting outside of the art room

Ways to Use This Starry Night Art Lesson

This Van Gogh lesson plan is flexible and can be used in many ways throughout your art room and beyond. It’s great for maternity or emergency art sub plans, early finisher activities, and even for virtual art class or an after-school art club.

You Will Receive

• 1 Non-Editable Printable PDF (Van Gogh Starry Night Art Project)
• 1 Non-Editable PowerPoint 
• 5 Digital Spinner Videos (downloadable, and links to them on Google Slides and YouTube)
• Paperless Google Drive Digital Resource

Why You’ll Love It

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My kids were fully engaged with this art activity. I enjoyed using dice and that each student creation was different than their peers. A great way to reinforce texture, patterns and different kinds of lines in art. We talked about different effects the textures convey. Students loved this. Great for Grade 4-7, but I used this primarily with Grade 6’s during our Core French unit on French Impressionists. Great activity to tie-in art into Core French learning. 

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My kids loved this so much that are constantly asking me to do this project again. They really understood the concepts taught and were able to apply it to their own masterpieces. 

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My students love the painting Starry Night and were excited to work on this! They enjoyed learning about lines and I like the step by step slides for the Starry Night drawing. Thank you!