Inspired Art...

In Visual Arts, we have been learning about the great Impressionist artist, Claude Monet.  We enjoyed reading books, Internet articles and viewing many of his beautiful paintings.

The students noticed that most of his art focused on aspects of nature, and we discovered that he most enjoyed painting outdoors.  Of all the Monet pieces we studied, the students enjoyed the water lily and garden paintings the best.

We took our turn at drawing a water lily pond landscape.  The students started by creating quick sketches of what they wanted to paint.  Their focus was on the different types of lines they were using, spacing the water lilies to show depth (some close up, some far away) and also, their use of colour.

The next step was to draw both the water lilies and the lily pads in crayon.

Next, it was time to paint.  The students enjoyed this experience and it was great to hear the conversations and connections being made.

Beautiful masterpieces inspired by a master artist!