Finger Painting

In this activity, students are exposed to art history through the introduction of Vincent Van Gogh's "Strarry Night". After a brief history lesson and discussion of techniques.
The students practice finger painting like Van Gogh first in the air and then get to move into the real thing. We tried to compose our painting as though we were Van Gogh himself with a foreground, middle ground and a background.
Since the this is a night scene the tree is the closest thing to the painter this is why it is bigger and one of the darkest parts of the painting.
This lesson is great for teaching kindergarten students design elements with out being over the top. Simple lines make up the wind, stars, and building in the composition. The lines in the painting also show movement and brings your eye across the painting to the city below. Van Gogh "Starry Night" also uses the primary triadic color scheme.