French Impressionist painter
1840-1926
Materials -
- White paper
- Various pastel colored paints
- Sponges (I used regular kitchen sponges from the dollar store and cut them into smaller 1"x2" pieces
- Examples of Monet's paintings
- Pencils (optional)
- Real flowers for inspiration (optional)
Directions -
1. Show examples of Monet's paintings, (Water Lilies, Bridge at Giverny) and discuss his painting style. Monet's paintings have a softer feel. The paintings look fuzzy upclose but you can really tell what the picture is when you hold it farther away.
2. Demonstrate how to paint using only the sponges, and not dragging the sponge, just "dip and dab" the sponge onto your paper. (Children may want to sketch their painting in pencil first)
3. Encourage the children only paint organic shapes and images - flowers, trees, etc. Talk about how Monet would go outdoors to paint and was very inspired by nature!
"The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration." - Claude Monet
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