Exhibition Annex · Interactive Study
🌟 The Brushstroke Explorer
The Starry Night, June 1889. Every stroke is a decision. Click a glowing number and read the five decisions behind it — then zoom in until the paint stops being a picture and becomes handwriting.
Pick a point of light
Eight regions are marked on the canvas.
Click a glowing number to load its five stroke decisions — direction, pressure, length, color, purpose.
Want even closer? The full-resolution scan on Google Arts & Culture →
🎯 TRY THIS — The Ten-Stroke Copy
Pick one region. Copy just ten of its strokes — same direction, same pressure, same length, no blending. Ten honest strokes teach more than one careful hour. Then go stamp the Stroke Compass on the Van Gogh study guide.
Image: The Starry Night, 1889 · Museum of Modern Art, New York · Google Art Project scan, public domain. Found a stroke worth marking? Tell Hannah.