Inspired by Monet's Waterlilies

What color is water?

First and second grade artist learned about Impressionist painter Claude Monet. We talked about how Monet broke from the art traditions of the time by painting outside in nature and trying to capture the beauty of sunlight at different times of day.  We looked at examples of his many waterlily paintings.

Google Arts & Culture has some very cool tools for getting up close and personal with famous works of art. 

You can take a virtual tour of Monet's waterlily paintings at the Musee de l'Orangerie in Paris using Google Art Project.  
Click here to check it out! 

You can use the ZOOM tool to get close enough to one of Monet's Water Lily paintings that you can see each impressionist brushstroke. 
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#monetwaterlilies and by #gradesoneandtwo at #waitsfieldschool with #quotes by #claudemonet

A video posted by Nora (@artclass_allday) on Feb 3, 2017 at 5:47am PST

Monet Waterlilies

Fifth and sixth grade artists painted Waterlilies in the style of Monet. Did you know that when Monet painted his waterlily paintings people thought that his eyesight was failing and didn't see the artistic value of these beautiful paintings?  We will display our waterlily paintings on a large wall to capture the feel of Monet's large-scale paintings.

Inspired by Claude Monet

Fifth and sixth grade artists are learning about Claude Monet.  We watched these two videos about Monet's waterlily paintings.  We found it interesting that many people viewed Monet's waterlily paintings as failures.  Monet changed art forever by painting things that were beautiful and capturing different views of the light.