Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Van Gogh and Self-Portraits...

Let's take a tour of Vincent Van Gogh's Museum. 
As you all know, Van Gogh is my favorite artist! Until today, I had never 
taken a tour of his museum, which is located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 
Amazing!!!!!! This permanent collection houses over 200 paintings and 
500 drawings. Fun fact, did you know that Van Gogh was only an artist 
for 10 short years and he created over 2000 pieces of artwork - 860 of 
them were oil paintings.

https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/van-gogh-museum?hl=en

Let's look at the Van Gogh Museum Tour in 4K.
Step into Vincent’s world and enjoy the private video tour.
I am including the first YouTube episode that looks at Van Gogh's 
self portraits.

https://www.youtube.com/vangoghmuseum

Another fun fact, did you know that you can see 
Vincent Van Gogh's, Self-Portrait, 1887 right here in IL 
at the Art Institute of Chicago!
A head and shoulders portrait of a thirty something man, with a red beard, facing to the left


Today I challenge you to create a self-portrait (a picture of yourself)
Use anything you might have at home. 
A pencil, a pen, chalk, paint, colored pencils, your computer...be creative!


Email me a picture, I'd love to see your creations!

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