LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONS
TEXTURE
CRACKED WAX SUNFLOWER
Lesson Objectives: Students will make a sunflower like Van Gogh using a crayon resist technique.
Time Required: 1 hour
Artist: Vincent Van Gogh, Sunflowers
Source: The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas, p. 82-83
Materials:
Copy paper
Crayons
Tempera paint: a dark color, like blue, purple, or black
Paintbrushes
Mounting paper and glue sticks
Iron, blow dryer and newspaper
Presentation:
Discuss texture and how Van Gogh created texture in his painting.
Procedure:
- Hand out white paper and have them write their names on the backs of it. Orient it vertically.
- Draw a sunflower in a pot. Color it all with crayons, pressing hard and coloring the whole page. Leave no white space.
- Have the kids show you before they crumple up the picture. Crumple the paper in from the corners into a ball. Uncrumple the paper carefully so as not to tear it. Crumple it again to get lots of cracks.
- Flatten your picture. Have the kids get a plate of dark paint and a brush. Wash entire paper with paint. Make sure that you have brushed paint into all the cracks.
- Have you or the helper rinse both side under running water. Let the water drip off.
- If you have another helper they can dry with a blow dryer. If not, do the rest at home.
- You or a helper could then use a warm setting iron to iron the sunflower picture between two pieces of newspaper, then mount.
Option:
Use watered down tempera paint and blot with a paper towel.
