Grades: 2nd & 3rd

Monet Bridge

Medium: Watercolor Resist

Durations: 1Hour & 30 Minutes

Kansas State Standard VA:Basic:1.3.3

Materials

Standard 1: Understanding & Applying Media, Techniques, & Processes.

Benchmark 3: The student experiments with various media, techniques, &
process to develop manipulative skills.
Indicator 3: Correctly follows the steps of a process.

10x16 60# Paper

Crayons/Oil Pastels
Watercolors
Paintbrushes
Painting Mats
Sea Salt

Objectives
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Students will learn about the history behind Monet and Impressionism.

Students will use watercolor resist & wet-on-wet technique to create an

artwork inspired by Monets paintings.

Students will learn how the altering proportion of objects can create space.

Art Production
1 Hour Monet Information & Crayon Drawing
30 Minutes Add Watercolor & Salt

Elements of Art
Color, Line, Texture, Space

Principles of Design
Emphasis, Proportion

Vocabulary

1 Hour
Anticipatory Set: (10 Minutes) Claude Monet: Inventing Impressionism Video

Watercolor Resist wax is used to prevent

paint from getting onto an area.

State Objective: Today were going to look at one of Monets Japanese

Footbridge painting. Then well make our own bridge and water lily pond painting
inspired by Monet.

Wet-on-wet Technique wet paint

applied to wet paper.

Input: (10minutes) ClaudeMonet.PPT

Impressionism is a style of painting that began in Paris, France in the mid-1800s.
Unlike artists before them, the impressionists painted most of their paintings
outdoors and liked to portray natural subjects like trees, fields, and oceans.
Impressionists would often take their materials outdoors and paint what they saw.
This is called painting en plein air. The style was called impressionism because
the artists were not as exacting about painting a realistic picture. They used many
short brush strokes, applying paint thickly, to create the idea, or impression, of a
subject.
--Review the Elements and Principles we talked about in our previous projects
(Emphasis with Creepy Carrots! Line, Texture, Color with Ish) Talk to students
about the Element of Art: Space in relation to the Principle of Design: Proportion.
When were looking at a big space, like a landscape, the proportion or size of
objects to each other change. If its further back in space its smaller, if its closer
to us in space its bigger.
Demonstrate: Before you begin write your name on the paper (first name, space,
last name, class name underneath) Turn the paper in portrait orientation (vertical).
Monet Bridge

Impressionism a style or movement in

painting originating in France in the 1860s,
characterized by a concern with depicting
the visual impression of the moment,
especially in terms of the shifting effect of
light and color.
En Plein Air French for open (in full)
air. Artist painted outside.

Art History/Resources
http://safeshare.tv/w/ss563e4002f0c38
ClaudeMonet.ppt (Google Drive)
Claude Monet, Water Lily Pond, Water
Irises, 1990

This is one of the few paintings Monet ever painted in portrait. Show students how
to use the crayons to create a bridge across the middle of their paper. Three thick
curved horizontal lines with five vertical bars. (place the first bar in the middle and
work out from there). Your bridge can be whatever color you want. Then use a
purple (Monet never used black) to add some shadow to the underside of the bars
and bridge. Only add purple to the inside of the boxes created by the bridge, not
across the whole thing (Two sides, on the bottom of the lines and on the left or
right but not both). Refer to example if you have questions. Then demonstrate
making rough dots of color in yellow to create the bright lily pads. Tell students
that the lily pads in the front (at the bottom of the paper) should be bigger than the
ones further back in space (at the top of the paper). The yellow lily pad dots should
become more like squished ovals as they go back in space. After theyve added
their yellow lily pads they will add a couple spots of white, pink or peach for the
lily blossoms. Remember the ones further away (higher on the paper) will be
smaller than the ones up front. All of them should be smaller than the lily pads.
Then students should also add some darker green around half the edge of their lily
pads, but dont color them in, it is just to add some shadow.

Claude Monet, Water-Lily Pond, 1899

Modifications/Notes
Lesson Inspiration Credit goes to:
Elementary-Art-Rocks.blogspot.com

Check for Understanding: (2minutes) What should you do first when you get
your paper? Write your name (First name, Last name, Class name) and flip it over.
Next you have to draw your bridge, how many horizontal lines should you make?
Three. Should they be straight lines? No, Curved. Then how many vertical lines
should you make? Five. Next what do you do? Add shadows using purple. Then
what should you do? Draw yellow dots to make lily pads. Are the dots towards the
bottom and the top of the paper going to be the same size and shape? NO. Which
lily pads should be bigger? The ones at the bottom. After our lily pads are done
what should you draw next? Lily blossoms with white, peach, or pink. Whats the
last think that you draw? Green shadows around the lily pads.
Guided Practice: Before you begin write your name on the paper (first name, last
name, class name underneath) Turn the paper in portrait orientation (vertical).
1. Use the crayons to create a bridge across the middle of their paper. Three thick
curved horizontal lines with five vertical bars. (Place the first bar in the middle and
work out from there).
2. Then use a purple (Monet never used black) to add some shadow to the
underside of the bars and bridge. Only add purple to the inside of the boxes created
by the bridge, not across the whole thing (Two sides, on the bottom of the lines and
on the left or right but not both). Refer to example if you have questions.
3. Make rough dots of color in yellow to create the bright lily pads. The lily pads in
the front (at the bottom of the paper) should be bigger than the ones further back in
space (at the top of the paper). The yellow lily pad dots should become more like
squished ovals as they go back in space.
4. Add a couple spots of white, pink or peach for the lily blossoms. Remember the
ones further away (higher on the paper) will be smaller than the ones up front. All
of them should be smaller than the lily pads.
5. Add some darker green around half the edge of their lily pads, but dont color
them in; it is just to add some shadow.
Closure: When students are finished they should raise their hand. Collect their
drawings. Then they can go sit at the front of the room. Before students leave,
review what Impressionism is. Ask students what the name of the artist we talked
about was. Monet. What Element of Art did we talk about? Space. What Principle
of design did we talk about? Proportion. Next time you come in well paint our
Monet Bridge

Japanese Footbridge & Water Lily Ponds to finish them.

30 Minutes
Anticipatory Set: Who was the artist we talked about last time you were here?
Monet. What art movement did Monet start? Impressionism.
State Objective: Today we get to add paint to our Japanese bridge drawings. The
paint wont stick to the wax of the crayon, thats called a water-color resist.
Were also going to experiment with adding salt to our wet paintings; it has some
very interesting effects.
Demonstrate: Quickly demonstrate the wet-on-wet technique for painting their
Monet inspired bridge. Using a wet brush lightly dampen the entire paper. Using
watercolors, brush one color lightly over an area. Rinse paintbrush and pick up a
second color. Paint on paper again, if you touch another color it might bleed a
little, that is okay! Be gentle when painting, when the paper is wet, it will tear
easily. Keep painting until youve filled the whole space with color. You can paint
over the crayons because the wax will resist the paint and it wont stick. While
your paint is still wet, well take a pinch of sea salt and sprinkle it over the paper.
This will create an interesting texture for the background.
Check for Understanding: What do we do first? Wet Paper Add Color Rinse
Paintbrush and Repeat Once Your Painting Is Complete Raise your hand Mrs.
Anderson Will Add a Sprinkle of Salt Now Its Finished! Place It On The
Drying Rack.
Guided Practice:
1. Using a wet brush lightly dampen the entire paper.
2. Using watercolors, brush one color lightly over an area.
3. Rinse paintbrush and pick up a second color. Paint on paper again, if you touch
another color it might bleed a little, that is okay! Be gentle when painting, when the
paper is wet, it will tear easily. Keep painting until youve filled the whole space
with color.
4. When youre finished painting raise your hand.
5. Mrs. Anderson will add a pinch of sea salt and sprinkle it over the paper. This
will create an interesting texture for the background.
6. Place your finished Japanese Bridge & Water Lily Pond on the drying rack.
Closure: When students are finished, they can go sit at the front of the room.
Before students leave, review what Impressionism is. Ask students what the name
of the artist we talked about was. Monet. What Element of Art did we talk about?
Space. What Principle of design did we talk about? Proportion. How can we see
our bridge even though we painted over it? Because the paint wont stick to the
crayons, thats called Watercolor Resist.

Aesthetic Questions
Could an Impressionist painting be considered an Ish painting?
(Refer to Lesson about Ish by Peter H. Reynolds)

Art Criticism/Analysis Questions

Did Monet paint his water lily paintings like we did our?
Could it be inspired by Monet even though we didnt do it the same way?

Monet Bridge

Monet Bridge