MONET FLOWER GARDEN

Monet Flower Garden

Learning Targets

I can...

• Create a Monet Flower Garden using techniques learned in class
• Use geometric shapes (circle, triangle, oval), visual texture (grass, stone, wood) and line variation (horizon line, outline, diagonal line) inspired by French Impressionist (1840-1926) Claude Monet
• Understand historical places (Garden of Giverny, Rijnsburg Windmill, Rouen Cathedral) and design principles (repetition, competition, balance) based on Impressionism
• Define Landscape (a picture showing coutryside or land scenery)

Lesson One
Day One Art Start

1. Flower Beds at Vetheuil (1878) Claude Monet
2. Read Miss Rumphius by Barbara Conney
3. Discussion Questions "Can you tell me what this is a picture of? Can you see the shapes of the flat leaves and pale flowers on the shimmering water? Can you see how Monet has tried to capture light and reflect on the surface of the water by using daps of white paint? do you think it is strange that he painted such a calm and beautiful picture when there was chaos all around him?"

Lesson Activities

1. Choose 12" by 15" Watercolor Paper
2. Draw a horizon line in the middle of the white watercolor paper 
3. Add scenery (ocean, blue sky, wooden fence in garden) to background of Monet Garden

Day Two, Art Start

1. Retrieve Monet Flower Garden for Assigned Table
2. Flowers by the Pond (1915) Claude Monet
3. Reflective Discussion "Claude Monet is the founder of the Impressionist Movement in art history. His mother supported him becoming an artist, but his father wanted him to take over the family grocery business. Monet experimented with light, painting the same scenes at different times of the day. His artwork continues to influence future artists to this day."  

Lesson Activities

1. Add flowers (roses, carnations, tulips, irises, sunflowers) to middle ground of garden
2. Add patio (chairs, table, flag pole) to foreground of Monet Flower Garden
3. Use black sharpie marker to outline foreground, middle ground, and background of garden

Day Three, Art Start

1. Retrieve Monet Flower Garden for Assigned Table
2. Set Up Studio Area (watercolor, buckets, colored pencils)

Lesson Activities

1. Use watercolor to fill in positive space of flower garden
2. Use watercolor to fill in negative space of flower garden
3. Add highlights/shadows with colored pencil to Monet Flower Garden

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