A sad painter (Vincent Van Gogh)

Put the words in the correct group

Nature                                                       Art

portrait, rose, frame, thorn, paintbrush, breeze, palette, daffodil, sketch, hill, colour, snow, flower, cloud, artist, pencil, field, grain.



Listen to the song and find the missing words

Starry, starry night.
Paint your palette blue and ..............,
Look out on a summer's day,
With eyes that know the ................ in my soul.
Shadows on the hills,
Sketch the ............. and the daffodils,
Catch the breeze and the winter chills,
In colors on the snowy linen land.

Now I understand what you tried to say to me,
How you suffered for your sanity,
How you tried to set them free.
They would not listen, they did not know how.
Perhaps they'll listen now.

Starry, starry night.
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze,
Swirling clouds in ............ haze,
Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue.
Colors changing hue, ............ field of amber grain,
Weathered faces lined in pain,
Are soothed beneath the artist's ............. hand.

Now I understand what you tried to say to me,
How you suffered for your sanity,
How you tried to set them free.
They would not listen, they did not know how.
Perhaps they'll listen now.

For they could not love you,
But still your love was .................
And when no hope was left in sight
On that starry, starry night,
You took your ............., as lovers often do.
But I could have told you, Vincent,
This ............... was never meant for one
As beautiful as you.

Starry, starry night.
Portraits hung in empty halls,
Frameless head on nameless walls,
With eyes that watch the world and can't ..................
Like the strangers that you've met,
The ragged men in the ragged clothes,
The silver thorn of bloody ..............,
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow.

Now I think I know what you tried to say to me,
How you suffered for your sanity,
How you tried to set them free.
They would not listen, they're not listening still.
Perhaps they never will...

• Why was the artist sad?
• How do you know he was sad?
• How does the singer feel about him?
• What did he paint?

Choose one painting from the video that you like

What can you see?               How does it make you feel?       Why do you like it?