15 August, 2013

Monet's Garden


To celebrate the National Gallery of Victoria’s Monet’s Garden exhibition, students in Prep learned about the famous French painter, Claude Monet.

Students learned who Monet was and why his paintings are so famous. We looked at several examples of Monet’s best known work, his water lily series, and discussed the colours in the paintings.

Students began this project by creating a Monet inspired background for their water lily pond. Students were shown how to use paint and water to blend colours together. Students were also shown how the way we use a brush influences how our painting will look. Students were encouraged to use gentle brush strokes from side to side. They then added water lilies to their pond using tissue paper. Students cut shapes for lily pads and were shown a special technique for gluing the flowers on so that they would look three-dimensional.

It was wonderful to see the Preps so enthusiastic about Claude Monet!









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