Artist Study: Monet

image from Wikipedia.com

Claude Monet

Books:

Monet Art Activity Pack
I own

Linnea in Monet's Garden (HB)
don't own but recommend this-
great for young and old :)

Some books [in the pic] were from our library.
I forgot to write down the titles/authors tho.
My bad.  Just check your library for their selections.

I have used many artist books from the "Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artist" series-Monet is one of them.  I also forgot to take the pic of the Monet and the Impressionists book for Kids I checked out (oops), and wanted to include it-so I have it linked here. We ended up using Pinterest and YouTube for our final choices.  The coloring book is another great way to add in some art projects for those who don't like to draw but would rather color/watercolor on a pre-drawn page.

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Picture Study Resources:

Use calendars when you can. The prints are usually very nice and large enough to glean many details.

We have a slightly different calendar than shown below. I chose one with pictures we did not already own. The one noted below is a good choice as it has many of his more recognizable prints. Or you can use art cards like the ones I have/own in the pic above.  DON'T panic-you can purchase a new set for $11 not $61 like the ad below states! Yikes!

Notebooking Pages:

Olga's Gallery
for images/info to use on notebook page

Free:

We used this one:

Homeschool with Index Cards

Others:
Homeschool Helper Online
The Notebooking Fairy
Harrington Harmonies (free for subscribers)


Art Project Ideas:

Acrylic painting of a lily pond and a watercolor tree/shadow activity.

I want to keep the art projects separate from this due to their length. You can find out how we accomplished these two neat projects by clicking here.

Monet Art Projects: Birch Tree Watercolor and Lily Pond Painting

I chose two different methods to emulate Monet-like art projects for my son. I scoured Pinterest and just Googled "Monet art projects for kids" first, then thumbed through the Monet and the Impressionists for Kids book (linked to my Amazon Affiliate program) I borrowed from our library. My son decided on these two activities:

  Project 1:

Watercolor Birch Trees Art Project

(instructions link)

Supplies:

Large sheet of good paper (I chose to use the glossy

 paper I had on hand), brushes, watercolors, 

water/cup, masking tape, salt

 and directions found on Deep Space Sparkle's website. 

Click link above.

My son's final art piece.  He worked very hard to create a curved trunk on the right tree.  Getting the shadow was a bit tricky but I think it came out pretty nice.  He chose to not add a lot of detail except the river at the bottom [other examples show fences/more trees].
BTW: it's definitely more vibrant in person, the pic doesn't do it justice.

Project 2:

Lily Pond on Canvas Project (from YouTube)

The instructor moves very quickly.  We just stopped 

when needed to allow for my son to catch up 

before moving along.

Go to the YouTube video and watch it first.  

It is short enough to view a

 few times before starting the project.

Then get prepped and paint away!

This is my Michaels haul score!  I got the canvases for 70% off!  

Big time savings!

We'll use those for other projects-just had to share!  

I used coupons for the paint and the brushes.  I got those for 40% off.

Anyhoo-we needed the acrylic paint set since most in the kit were old and dried up.

I had purchased this art case, many moons ago, for my daughter.

It was available during the holiday season.  I am not sure if you can

still find it but if you do-it's worth the $ (use a coupon).  You could

certainly just buy a small canvas and easel to do this.

The little stand is such a cute way to showcase artwork!

 Supplies:

Computer, [access to] YouTube, canvas, 

acrylic paints, brushes, paint palette, newspapers,

water, and paper towel to wipe off paint-if need be.

I had my son put newspaper down to protect our table. 

I forgot with the first project and spent a lot of time removing

paint-even though it was just watercolors!

Our boy's final masterpiece!

A little funny for ya:  I sent a text of this pic to my hubby to show him what the boy had done (he was out of town); so he thought it was a fairly large canvas. Nope-it's actually 5 3/4" X 8".  So when he came home the next day, he was shocked and had a good laugh when he saw how small it really was. It's all about perception!  Well that, and not having jet lag to skew things.  LOL

Oh and Cleo just had to take a look see and

critique things whilst my son was painting.  

This is her "What is all this about?" look!