Starry Seattle Night

2nd Grade January Art ProjectWest Mercer Elementary Art Enrichment Program

Today’s Project• Make our own “Starry

Night” with the setting in Seattle.

Vincent Van Gogh• Dutch painter

who lived mostly in France• Painted every

day scenes, landscapes, and people

Bedroom

The Yellow House

Mulberry Tree

Starry Night

Step 1- Cut stars and moon • Black paper in

landscape position• Cut small circles out of

yellow paper to represent stars

• Cut crescent or circle for the moon

• Position the shapes in the sky

• Then glue them down

Step 2- Choose color scheme You may choose whether to create a • nighttime sky (using

cool colors of different greens and blues, white and yellow too)

• Or a sunrise/sunset sky with warm colors (yellow, white, orange, red)

Step 3- Oil Pastels • Draw glowing

circles using short overlapping strokes.

• Draw a few rows around the stars and moon in one color, then change

• Keep adding swirl lines until sky is filled.

Step 4- Seattle Skyline • Use construction

paper to create a Seattle landscape.

• Draw the outline• then cut out • Paper should be

long enough to go from side to side

Step 5- Add detail shapes• Add detail shapes

of bridges, boats, trees, buildings, etc.

• Arrange all shapes on paper first, then glue down.