VINCENT VAN GOGH
STARRY NIGHT
Starry Night is possibly Vincent van Gogh's most famous painting. Van Gogh painted Starry Night with oil paint
on a 73.0 x 92.0 cm canvas while he was in an Asylum at Saint­Remy in 1889. He was a Dutch post­
impressionist who was expressive and spontaneous and used bright colours, broad oil brushstrokes and emotive
subject matter.
1: Use the words from the bank below to describe what you see in Vincent Van Gogh's "Starry Night".
vivid
swirling
rolling
warm
cool
fiery
twinkling
circular
contrasting
opposite
flowing
glow
brushstrokes
emotion
outlined
Color can represent emotion. Vincent Van Gogh often exaggerated colour which we can
see in his landscape painting "Starry Night". Think of an emotion you would like to show
then choose a set of 3 colors that best represents this emotion. Use them to create your
own "Starry Night" artwork by coloring in the image below.
Write a description about your artwork explaining how the color you have used shows the
emotion you chose.