3rd and 4th Grade Art

We began our Monet painting and bridge project and the students are already constructing their bridge designs for their final piece. This group of students are well focused, excited about each project and eager to create! We began the project by looking at several examples of Claude Monet's water lily paintings. We talked about the impression of atmosphere that Monet created with the use of layers of paint and how he created such a wonderful feeling with his work. The students applied oil pastel marks to create their own water lily pond on a very nice watercolor paper. After the oil pastel was applied, they painted with liquid watercolor to create the atmosphere of their work. Several techniques were used including wet on wet painting, resist and salt absorption. The paintings are beautiful! The next step of the process is to construct a bridge using hot glue guns and white paper straws. I will post more on that process next blog!