Monets Boat On Lily Pond

Learning Targets

I can...

• Create an original Monets Boat On Lily Pond using drawing techniques learned in class
• Use color combinations (secondary neutral earth tones), shape variation (geometric organic free form) and value (lightness darkness) inspired by French Painter (1840-1926) Claude Monet
• Use perspective techniques (vanishing point horizon line parallel lines) and design principles (composition gradation proportion) based on Impressionism
• Define En Plein Air (relates to painting in the outdoor daylight)

Lesson One
Day One, Art Start

1. The Row Boat (1887) Claude Monet

2. Read The Magical Garden Of Claude Monet by Laurence Anholt 

3. Discussion Questions "Where are most of Monet's paintings located? How many paintings did Monet create? When did Monet start painting? When was Claude Monet born? Where was Claude Monet born? Who introduced Claude Monet to the practice of painting in the open air? When did Claude Monet paint The Beach at Sainte-Adresse? When did Claude Monet paint Impression, Sunrise? Monet and the Impressionist movement are associated with which city? Which painting reflects the techniques of painting and en plein air? Which of the following does not describe a technique used by the Impressionists? Which of the following things would Claude Monet have most likely wanted to paint? What style of art did he invent? What did Monet like to paint? What kind of painting style is he famous for?"

Lesson Activities 

1. Choose 12" X 15" Painting Paper

2. Use a pencil to draw a horizon line in the middle of the painting paper for boat paintings

3. Add scenery (ocean blue sky wooden fence lilies) to the negative space (background) of Monet's Boat On Lily Pond

Day Two, Art Start

1. Retrieve Monet's Boat On Lily Pond for Assigned Table 

2. Boats On The Beach (1883) 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 types of day. His artwork continues to influence future artists to this day. 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 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. Add flowers (roses carnations tulips irises sunflowers) to middle ground (pond, lake) of boat drawings

2. Add boat (sail boat, fishing boat, row boat) to positive space (foreground) of boat drawings

3. Use black sharpie marker to outline foreground (boat) and positive space (foreground) of Monet's Boat On Lily Pond

Day Three, Art Start

1. Retrieve Monet's Boat On Lily Pond for Assigned Table 

2. Set Up Studio Area (watercolor, buckets, colored pencils)

Lesson Activities 

1. Use earth tones (brown yellow blue green) to fill in the positive space (boat) of the boat drawings

2. Use earth tones (brown yellow blue green) to fill in the negative space (background) of the boat drawings 

3. Add highlights (reflective light, light source) and shadows (cast shadow, shadow) with colored pencil to Monet's Boat On Lily Pond

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