Using lines to create movement

Year 4 looked at how Van Gogh used lines to create movement in their artwork. They noticed that he used a variety of lines in the form of short and long straight and wavy lines as well as swirls. They tested out a variety of sketching pencils and started to sketch a Van Gogh painting – Starry Night or Wheatfield with Cypresses, using two different pencils they’d chosen to work with.

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