What can we learn from Vincent van Gogh’s line drawings? A lot! They are like an encyclopaedia of markmaking. This video art lesson takes a close look at van Gogh line drawings and presents 4 simple activities for unlocking your own line drawing style.

Suggested drawing materials:

Fountain pen (ink writing pen)
Graphite pencils (HB – 12B)
Charcoal pencils (or charcoal sticks)
Wax pencils
Colour pencils (colour crayons)
Graphite sticks
Black marker pens (various sizes)
Brush markers
Hair paint brushes
Bristle paint brushes
Damaged brushes
Paper stump
DIY plastic pen (homemade)
Twigs
Cotton buds
String
Ink
Other found items that you could dip into ink and draw with

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Vincent van Gogh drawings CREDITS & LINKS:

Harvest The plain of la Crau (1888), reed pen and brown ink over graphite on wove paper, 24.2 x 31.9 cm. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
https://www.nga.gov/collection/artob...

Two Selfportraits (1887), pencil & pen & ink, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Va...

Fishing Boats at SaintesMaries, (late Julyearly August 1888), reed pen and ink over graphite on wove paper, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GU...

A Garden with Flowers (August 1888), private collection
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Va...

Sower in the Rain (SaintRémydeProvence, MarchApril 1890), pencil on paper, 23.9 cm x 27.3 cm. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/colle...

Old Vineyard with Peasant Woman (AuverssurOise, May 1890), pencil, brush and oil paint and watercolour, on paper, 44.3 cm x 54.0 cm. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/colle...

Street in SaintesMaries (1888), reed pen, Private Collection
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Va...

Public Garden with a Corner of the Yellow House (Arles, late April 1888). Private Collection
https://www.vangoghgallery.com/catalo...

Orchard with Arles in the Background (April 1888), The Hyde Collection, New York
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vi...

Starry Night (June 1889), ink on paper. Shchusev Museum of Architecture, Moscow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Va...

Garden with Flowers (1888), pen & ink 24 x 31.5 cm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Go...

Field with Farmhouses (Arles, April 1888), pencil, pen and reed pen and ink, on paper, 25.7 cm x 34.7 cm. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/colle...

Landscape with Hut in the Camargue (MayJune 1888), Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:La...

La Crau Seen from Montmajour (Arles, July 1888), chalk and pen and ink, 49 x 61 cm. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/colle...

Park with Fence (1888), ink on paper, 31.9 x 24.4 cm. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/colle...

More drawings here:
https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/colle...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...


MUSIC:
This video uses the music “The Lounge” from https://www.bensound.com