Today during Art Club we found out about Vincent van Gogh. It was a bit calmer and a lot less messy than last week when we learned about Jackson Pollock and his splatter paintings!
Between 1881 and 1890, Van Gogh painted nearly 900 pictures. He only sold one painting while he was alive. For most of his life he was very poor, often spending his money on art supplies instead of food. Van Gogh sadly died at the age of only 37.
Since his death though he has become one of the most famous painters in the world. His paintings have captured the hearts and minds of million of art lovers worldwide.
A number of Van Gogh's paintings were still life studies. A still-life is a picture of objects that don't move. Often vases, bowls of fruit, bottles etc. The artist sets up a still-life usually in the studio to do a 'study' of the objects. It may be a drawing or a painting. The artist looks at the objects and studies their shape, where the light falls and the shadows the objects make in relation to the other objects.
We were very pleased with our still life pastel drawings!
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