Impasto Impressions

This summer half term, the bigger artists and their teacher Veena Scialo, looked closely at Van Gogh and impasto painting techniques.

Using a simple paste prepared with water, flour, sugar and salt the children had fun creating their paints by adding powder paints.

We then experimented for most of the session with a range of tools to see which effects we can achieve.

After our experiments with impasto paint we had a go at creating a yellow base colour with tumeric powder and white emulsion paint.

The texture was great and we uses this paint to prepare large sheets of cardboard with an undertone.

We then watched a video about Van Gogh’s Wheatfield with Cypresses and made a start on our own copies of this famous painting.

In our third session this half term we watched once more a painting demonstration on youtube and us adults took turns painting so the children could follow. The children learned about composition and painting with different textures using a range of brushes and palette knifes.

Next up, we looked closely at the famous Sunflower paintings and we had a look at the five different versions kept in different galleries around the world.

After watching a demonstration our young artists created some very successful paintings on A5 hardboard.

During the last session we looked at all their paintings to finish them with more attention to detail.

The children really enjoyed walking in Vincent’s footsteps and couldn’t wait to bring their masterpieces home.

We tried our best to keep their school uniforms safe, however some little spillages could not be avoided.