Still life inspired by Van Gogh

This project was focusing on the type and application of paint that Van Gogh used .
He is said to have used paint so thick he used a knife to spread it on the canvas like clay.
So what we did was add cornstarch to acrylic paint you can also use powdered tempra  and powdered detergent  ,clean up up would be bettet with the later because acrylic will not come out of fabric when set.We ended up with a consistency of soft cream cheese.
So the kids scooped on the paint with brushes
and we went over his technique of brush strokes.
Van Gogh is one of those tragic tortured soul artists so we really didnt go into his life indepth
with these ages of kids. But we did look at examples of his art,and read the highlights
Thats it ,happy painting!