Posted in Little Known Facts, tagged Starry Night, Van Gogh on November 16, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Van Gogh’s Starry Night
There are so many thoughts and explanations on why so many people are drawn to Van Gogh’s Starry Night. Here is really interesting one. Be sure to when you click this link to read it that you also watch the short video explanation. Fascinating!
Posted in Art Class, tagged Art Class, Landscape, Starry Night, Van Gogh, Van Gogh's Starry Night on October 11, 2015| Leave a Comment »
I am working with a delightful group of international students. They love painting and are so enthusiastic about it. Over the last three weeks they produced these wonderful paintings of Van Gogh’s Starry Night, a painting that they requested to do. Can’t wait to see what they do next!
Posted in Art Camp, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, Blue Ridge Arts Council, impressionism, Landscape, Starry Night, Van Gogh on July 13, 2013| Leave a Comment »
The Art Campers would have made Van Gogh proud with a version of his Starry Night yesterday at art camp. Great job everyone!
There are just two sessions of camp left this summer. Young artists ages 8-13 have the chance to paint the week of July 22-25 or August 5-8. Click here and read more or sign up today.
Posted in Little Known Facts, Trivia, tagged Art Camp, Blossoming Almonds, Starry Night, Van Gogh, Vincent Van Gogh on March 30, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Born on March 30, 1853, Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist who didn’t paint until his late twenties but produced more than 860 oil paintings, as well as several thousand drawings and watercolors before he died of a gunshot wound at the age of 37. And while his bright, colorful, energetic work was not appreciated by the art world and collectors during his lifetime, he is now one of the most recognizable artists in history.
Of all the paintings by famous artists that I have done with my kids classes and at Art Camp the one, by far, that the kids know and want to paint is Starry Night.
Van Gogh’s brother, Theo, who was an art dealer, supported him throughout his life. Theo died six months after Vincent. Theo’s wife, Johanna, inherited the bulk of Vincent’s paintings and it was she who promoted his work after his death and because of her constant promotion, we know Vincent Van Gogh today as the wonderful painter he was. 
One of my favorite Van Gogh paintings, Blossoming Almond Tree, is one that his family cherished. Van Gogh painted this piece as a gift to his brother’s newborn baby. Vincent was deeply moved when they name the baby Vincent. It is an excellent example of the Japanese influence in art that he admired.
Posted in Art Camp, Art Class, tagged acrylic, Art Camp, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, Starry Night, Van Gogh on July 14, 2012| 1 Comment »
At the end of Art Camp week we always paint a “masterpiece”. This week it was Van Gogh’s Starry Night and we painted it on a 16″x20″ canvas. You can see how large it is with the young artists holding their finished work. What a fabulous job they all did. Don’t you love it.
The Studio 