Week 4 and 5 plans

Over the next two weeks we will be:

• starting the Paris Period. We will look at Vincent Van Gogh's

Paris 1886 -1888

• taking a look at some of the Artist that influenced Van Goghs

style: Bernard, Millet, Delacroix, Gauguin, Renoir, Seurat, Pissarro and Hiroshige.  We will be reading portions of Vincent Van Gogh Portrait ofan Artist, The World of Van Gogh, and Through the Eyes of Vincent Van Gogh.

• studying the following paintings.

Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat, Paris 1887 (after Seurat, Pissarro)

The Bridge in the Rain and Flowering Plum Tree, Paris 1887 (after Hiroshige)

The Dance Hall at Arles, 1888 (after Toulouse-Lautrec, Renoir)

The Arlésienne (Madame Ginoux), St-Rémy, 1890 (after Gauguin)

The Good Samaritan, St-Rémy 1890 (after Delacroix)

Noon Rest, St-Rémy 1890

The Sower, Etten 1881 (after Millet)

Breton Women and Children,  Arles 1888 (after Bernard)

• learning about the Post- Impressionist, Impressionist,

• and Pointillism Movement.

  

• practicing drawing lessons from . The kids still love doing these simple lessons on their own.