傑作學院（Flex）：梵谷的精選作品

***This course is a FLEX class-- lessons are prerecorded and available for viewing at the students' convenience.***

This class is for aspiring artists who love the paintings of Vincent van Gogh!  
In each lesson, we'll use oil pastels to emulate van Gogh's textured, fluid painting style as we create a drawing inspired by his artworks.  

Each video we'll begin by viewing several of van Gogh's artworks and learning a little about his life.  Then, students will follow along with a teacher-led demonstration, to create their own artwork --you're encouraged to add your own unique details as desired!  We will end each class with a beautiful, completed drawing*.  Technical skills we will practice include: drawing from observation, creating movement & texture, optical mixing, and color blending.  

In addition to video lessons, this course will provide collaborative storytelling activities and artist games each week that will allow students to exercise their creativity and interact with one another within the Outschool classroom message board.  Art can be even more fun when we experience it together!

The course will reference the following artworks:
Lesson 1: "Road with Cypress and Star," 1890
Lesson 2: "Sunflowers," 1888
Lesson 3: "The Bedroom in Arles," 1888
Lesson 4: "Starry Night," 1889

*Students who work more slowly are encouraged to pause the video as needed.  Everyone works at a different speed, and it's better to take our time than to rush!