§ Analysis and comparison of works

§ Viewfinder work

§ Scale up a painting – one piece each; combine as a group

§ Biography § Meaning of a poem (biography link) – using the song lyrics for Vincent § Group poetry – ‘strip poetry’ to describe different paintings

§ Skills focus, e.g. mark-making

textures/lines; watercolour painting techniques, such as a graded wash and wet in wet; colour-mixing with watercolours

§ Recreate a scene in 3-D using a layered paper approach, e.g. Starry Night

§ Recreate a scene four times – in a different medium each time,

e.g. pencil sketch, watercolours, collage, pastels § Recreate in different media and mixed media, e.g. Starry Night with

§ Create and illustrate a timeline of Van Gogh’s life

§ Drawing program to draw Van Gogh painitngs

§ Lifecycle of a sunflower; plant sunflower seeds and measure/ record growth over time

§ Learn to sing Vincent by Don Mclean and perform

oil pastel foreground on marbled background; class textile sunflowers collage; monoprint collage

§ Extend a Van Gogh scene beyond his portrayal of a view, e.g. Café Terrace at Night, Wheatfield with Cypresses