“If you hear a voice within you say, ‘You cannot paint,’
then by all means paint and that voice in your head will be silenced.”
Vincent Van Gogh

Because yesterday was Star Wars Day, I decided to take the day off from History and do something a little different.  I decided to do an art class.

I was inspired by Star Wars to do a lesson on Van Gogh, particularly his ‘Starry Night’ piece.  Vincent Van Gogh is a post-impressionist (1886-1914) painter.  His early paintings were mostly based on a dark colour palette, while his later works, following his introduction to the paintings of impressionist artists (1867-1886), were brighter.

Impressionism is just what it implies.  It is not meant to be a realistic reproduction of an image, but a general impression or interpretation of a scene or object using primary colours (usually unmixed) and small, quick strokes or dots to develop…