Van Gogh Inspired Collage

For this project, we were assigned to complete our own version of Van Gogh's "Starry Night".

We first completed the sky portion of the project using tissue paper on construction paper. For this area, we were allowed to use different shapes or patterns as we wanted. After the sky portion was complete, we used construction paper to represent a landscape to the project.

For this particular lesson, we used tissue paper, construction paper, and other media. For my collage, I incorporated metallic markers to add additional lines and movement to my work. To complete the project, we added cut out designs of a landscape.

For use in my own classroom, as I am hoping to be instructing younger aged students, I think it would be good to introduce this idea using finger paints.   First, the students would be shown Van Gogh's 'Starry Night' and then have a discussion about foreground, middle ground, and background, and the students would need to recreate their own version of 'Starry Night' using their fingers and paint as a medium. 


I believe that art history, like history in general, is an important way for students to learn about the past and how it things started or later came to be.  Knowledge of the past and individuals in the past may inspire or encourage students that may need an additional push to try something new or reach for a goal.  There are many ways to incorporate art history into the classroom including many fun games, projects, and activities.  SmartBoard games and activities would be alot of fun to get students more actively involved in history of art lessons.