3. Monet's Corner
Sessions |
two
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Focus |
To recreate the atmosphere
of the garden at Giverny.
To provide a setting for children' artwork To identify Monet as an impressionist artist. |
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Material |
Tissue paper: pink, white,
green, blue.
Green and blue crêpe paper. Strong card painted green for the bridge. Some foil, Pastel colours, Pencil, rubber, scissors, glue |
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Resources |
Books:
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Talk about |
Claude Monet, his live and paintings. Monet was one of the greatest impressionist and considered the father. He studied how light changed throughout the day, making things look totally different. And talk about "the garden at Giverny", Monet lived in Giverny forty-three years, creating a wonderful garden which was a work of art in itself. He painted hundreds of pictures of it, trying to capture the impression of the moment. He particularly liked to paint the Japanese bridge and the waterlilies in the pond. The impressionism: The first impression seem unfinished. They
wanted to express movement, light and distance applying colour in big,
broken strokes. They wanted to work closer to nature, out in the open
air. |
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Sketchbook |
Get information about
Claude Monet.
Plan the activities to do. Write the materials they need before starting the activity. |
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Doing |
To create a Monet' Corner
children have to work as a team and decide the activities they need to
do to create a Monet's corner.
Water lilies: Cut small circles of tissue paper in pink, white and green. Fold the pink and white circles in half and cut points into the outside edge. Open the circles out. Put glue in the middle of a green circle and press a pink and white circle on this. Add more pointed shapes gluing each one in the middle. Make the pointed edge stand up to form the flower. Fronds: (lilianes) Cut a strip from the end of a folded role of crepe paper and cut the shape as they were leaves. Flowers: Using green pastels, create the effect of foliage. Keeping the paintbrush upright, dab first red paint then white paint over the background. There will be shades of pink where the colours overlap. Pastel and paint: In a piece of A3 orA4 art paper and using a dabbing movement create your own Monet-style picture with pastels and paint. Finally, frame of the students
pictures. Make a Japanese bridge with dark green card, Put some tissue
paper for watery background, some green material to make the base and
some blue crêpe for the pond. Arrange children's pictures in the
background and water lilies and fronds below. |
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Developing the idea |
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Vocabulary and language |
Fronds
Dab Background Overlap Stroke water lilies Foliage Impressionism
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Assessment |
Student reflection:
1 - What does Monet try to show in his art?
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