Impressionism art projects

This is a fun art lesson idea inspired by the work of Claude Monet, using floating chalk. All ages will enjoy this year round project. Step by step instruction, photos and materials list included.

The Impressionist artists are some of our favorites – we’ve done some great projects about Monet, Renoir, and a few others. Next on our list is Mary Cassatt. It seems...

These landscape watercolor paintings inspired by Claude Monet and the Impressionists are sure to bring calm to your classroom ! When goin...

My daughter and I love the famous artists. We also love playing around with different paint techniques. We combined the two for these Monet inspired landscape sponge paintings. The sponge created a wonderful backdrop for these impressionist style paintings. We chose Monet’s Water Lilies and Bridge Over a Pond of Water Lilies as our inspiration. […]

Working on Pointillism is code for, you better be patient, and patient my artist were. We began our project by watching a video on YouTube about Seahorses Next we discussed French Chemist Michel Chevreul, focusing on his study of color interaction leading to his discovery of Simultaneous Contrast. When placed side by side, these colors can appear altered especially at a distance. Complementary colors are intensified when next to each other or when overlapped. Below are a couple of sources…

Impressionist Painting Techniques. There was also the idea of painting the impression of a first glance at something. When we look at a landscape, or a

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Explore impressionism with Monet Impressionism as a movement was all about quickly capturing a moment in time. In a time before cameras, this was quite a feat! Artworks would have to be painted quickly and often paid attention to getting things that were time sensitive, like light, right. Monet's lily ponds were painted at many different times of the day for this reason. A big reason I love teaching about Impressionism is because I love telling the kids about how Monet's work was unpopular!

This Monet Art Project for Kids is inspiring and fun. We use simple materials to learn how to draw beautiful Impressionist trees!

You need: four pieces of drawing paper (briefkaart) tempera paint brushes jar with water paper towels dark blue construction paper Famous impressionist painters are Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Auguste Renoir, and Edouard Manet. The last one once said: "I paint what I see and not what others want to see. " Impressionist paintings are snapshots, a quick impression. Up close you only see dots, from a distance you see these dots together make an image. View and discuss impressiont paintings…