starry seattle night 2nd grade january art project west mercer elementary art enrichment program
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Starry Seattle Night
2nd Grade January Art ProjectWest Mercer Elementary Art Enrichment Program
Today’s Project• Make our own “Starry
Night” with the setting in Seattle.
Vincent Van Gogh• Dutch painter
who lived mostly in France• Painted every
day scenes, landscapes, and people
Bedroom
The Yellow House
Mulberry Tree
Starry Night
Step 1- Cut stars and moon • Black paper in
landscape position• Cut small circles out of
yellow paper to represent stars
• Cut crescent or circle for the moon
• Position the shapes in the sky
• Then glue them down
Step 2- Choose color scheme You may choose whether to create a • nighttime sky (using
cool colors of different greens and blues, white and yellow too)
• Or a sunrise/sunset sky with warm colors (yellow, white, orange, red)
Step 3- Oil Pastels • Draw glowing
circles using short overlapping strokes.
• Draw a few rows around the stars and moon in one color, then change
• Keep adding swirl lines until sky is filled.
Step 4- Seattle Skyline • Use construction
paper to create a Seattle landscape.
• Draw the outline• then cut out • Paper should be
long enough to go from side to side
Step 5- Add detail shapes• Add detail shapes
of bridges, boats, trees, buildings, etc.
• Arrange all shapes on paper first, then glue down.