Art activity
Directions
- Read the instructions.
- Complete your activity.
- Use the checklist and review the rubric.
- Prepare and submit your assignment correctly.
In this activity, you get to color – that’s right, just like a kid!
- Visit the Van Gogh Museum and download/print the View of the Sea coloring page.
- If you don’t have access to a printer, put a piece of paper up to your computer screen and trace it OR free-hand the composition in black marker or dark pencil to the best of your ability.
- Here is the link Van Gogh View of the Sea at Scheveningen (Links to an external site.).
- Color the scene with crayons, markers or color pencils.
- Target, Walmart, the Dollar Store are great options for inexpensive supplies.
- Demonstrate your understanding of color theory by following these three rules:
- Use the principles of atmospheric perspective to color the background along the horizon.
- Color the figures in the foreground with warm colors only.
- Color the boat and the reflection of the boat with a complementary pair. Meaning, whatever color you use for the boat (hull, mast) use its complement to color its reflection.
- Label and photograph the image correctly.
- Write your name, course & section, and date on three separate lines in the upper right corner.
- Photograph the coloring page on the a flat surface with all four edges of the paper visible.
