Texture and van Gogh

For my Grade 10s .....

Vincent van Gogh, Cottage Garden 1888 - reed pen, quill, and ink over graphite on wove paper, 24 x 19-1/4 inches Private Collection, Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art

Analytical activity:

Look at the above image, then try out some of the textures on scraps of paper. (Hint: read the list of materials above)

Try making some of these pens (make your own!)....

How to make a reed pen

Feather quill pens

• Glue these scraps to a poster.
• Explain how you made them in words.
• Write down what they represent in the drawing.
• Now write a paragraph on van Gogh's use of texture. (Include the name of the drawing and the date) (How long is a paragraph???? ..... about 60 words to 1/2 page)

Here is a link to the van Gogh Gallery site ..

Gallery