Monet's Colors

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Step 1 - Introducing the Claude Monet Slideshow Guide

MOTIVATION BEGIN READING HERE (Do not enter the slide show until prompted) Do you have a good imagination? Today I want you to imagine 100 years into the future! Imagine yourself learning about master artists, as you are today, and hearing your name announced as someone who changed art history forever. Imagine someone saying ______(CHILD’S NAME) changed the course of art history 100 years ago, and we are going to learn about what an important artist ______(CHILD’S NAME) was and how that happened. Would that surprise you?

That’s how surprised the artist Claude Monet would be if he could hear us today! He didn’t have any idea that what he was trying to do would change art forever.

Today we are going to learn all about this famous man and look at some of the paintings that made him famous. We will see what he looked like, but even more importantly, we will hear how a person who really knew him described his personality. I want you to listen and be able to tell me how Monet felt about his work and what made him lose his temper.

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1. SLIDE – Portrait of Monet by Renoir

Click The Audio Button SCRIPT: I am a reporter who visited Monet at his studio. I wanted to meet this famous man, talk to him, and see him at work at his home. Three things about Monet really struck me: He was a very unusual man, his eyes had a questioning look to them, and he was a very careful dresser. He had a long, white bushy beard and wore a battered, old hat whenever he went outdoors.

My interview with him was rambling, and he jumped from one idea to another. He didn’t seem very self-confident about his work and questioned whether he was a good artist. They said Monet was a serious man. He had a most beautiful tenderness and love for children, birds and flowers. This warmth showed in his wonderful, warm smile -- a smile no friend of his can ever forget.

I also interviewed some of his friends. His friends described Monet as being even- tempered most of the time, but occasionally he lost his temper over his painting. His reasons for getting angry were always the same -- a painting that failed or a change in the weather that forced him to stop painting.

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How did Monet feel about his talent? (DIDN’T THINK HE WAS A GOOD ARTIST) Have you ever questioned whether you are a good artist? Isn’t it amazing that Monet felt just like you, and he was an extraordinary artist! What made him lose his temper? (WEATHER, BAD PAINTINGS) Did he take his artwork very seriously? (YES) How did this uncertain, young, struggling artist get his start? Monet and several other artists could not get anyone to exhibit their paintings. They were rejected time and time again. So they decided to hold an exhibition of their own paintings. They borrowed a studio from a photographer friend who was going on vacation. They put up some posters around Paris to advertise, and a few curious people came to see their artwork. A reporter from a Paris newspaper attended and wrote a review of their show. Among other negative comments, he said the painting showing fishing boats at dawn looked to him like a piece of wallpaper had been left out in the rain too long!

2. SLIDE - IMPRESSION SUNRISE

This was the painting that reporter was writing about. It was titled, Impression Sunrise. The reporter picked up on that title and called these new artists “The Impressionists.” That name stuck, but today reviewers praise them for their genius and creativity, rather than making fun of them.

Does this look like a sunrise to you? Is it a detailed picture? (NO) Do you see the dabs of color that Monet painted? (YES)

Let’s pretend you are a reporter who has been sent to review this painting. What would you say about it? Show me your opinion by “thumbs up” if you like it, or “thumbs down” if you don’t like it. Your opinion about a piece of artwork is called a CRITIQUE, and everyone can have a different opinion about art. There are no right or wrong opinions in art!

Almost no one at the time of the exhibition believed that the Impressionists were serious. The public thought their art was very strange and a ridiculous joke at best. As time went on, a few paintings sold, and a small number of reporters had the courage to support the Impressionists in public, but most reactions were negative. Click Next To Change Slide

3. SLIDE – MONA LISA

One of the reasons that people did not like the work of the Impressionists was because of their new use of color. Here is an example of what a painting looked like before Monet changed the use of color in art. Are there any clear, bright colors in this painting entitled

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Mona Lisa? (NO) Monet came along and started painting in bright, clear colors, and people were not ready to accept this new look.

The Impressionists held six more exhibits over the next few years, but Monet did not enter all of them. Art collectors began attending their shows, and the word gradually spread until the Impressionists became famous. Monet was considered their leader. He is given credit for being the Father of Impressionism.

Why did so many people make fun of Impressionism when it was new? Let’s discover that by looking at another painting by Claude Monet. - Click Next To Change Slide

4. SLIDE – WOMAN WITH A PARASOL

Is this a bright, colorful picture? (YES) Is it different from our last slide, Impression Sunrise? (YES) How is it different? (BRIGHTER, MORE COLOR, MORE DETAIL, SUNLIGHT) Yes, color and light were the most important differences in Impressionist paintings. For 500 years pictures were painted mostly in tones of browns and grays. Is this painting in browns and grays? (NO) In fact, the Impressionists never even used brown and black paint at all. So that was a big change!

Look at the colors in this outdoor scene. Impressionists didn’t mix their colors on a palette. They dabbed them next to each other right on the canvas, so it gave a spotty effect when you looked closely.

Look carefully at the hill in the foreground. Can you see different dabs of color, instead of a blended green? (YES) When Monet looked at nature, he did not see areas of carefully blended color, he saw millions of flecks of color, and that’s what he painted. Click Next To Change Slide

5. SLIDE – IMPRESSIONIST’S PALETTE

This will show you how this was done. What two colors do you mix to make green? (BLUE AND YELLOW) There is another way to mix green that the Impressionists used. Here you see little separate dabs of blue and yellow painted very close to each other. What overall color do you see? (GREEN) That’s how Monet used color and how he painted all the greens in his landscapes. Let’s now discover that same use of color in another Monet painting. - Click Next To Change Slide

6. SLIDE – WOMEN IN THE GARDEN

Can you see different colors of green in the trees? (YES) Hold up your fingers to show me how many different women you think modeled for this painting. There was really only one! Monet posed his wife, Camille, four different ways in different dresses. They are dressed very fashionably for that day. Can you guess which one is the real portrait of his wife? The real Mrs. Monet is the one seated in front with her

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CLAUDE MONET – AGES 8 – 9 | ONLINE EDITION face lighted under the umbrella. Monet painted outdoors in his garden all summer on this picture, but he wasn’t able to finish it before winter came. That posed a problem! Can you guess what he did so he could finish it indoors? I’ll give you a hint. The painting was originally planned to feature three women in the garden. Instead of adding more garden in the background, he added another woman to fill up the space.

Let’s pretend again that you are a reporter. What kind of a review would you give this painting titled, Women in the Garden? (THUMBS UP, THUMBS DOWN)

Do you see black or brown in this painting? (YES) Do you remember what I said about the use of the colors black and brown by Impressionists? (THEY DID NOT USE BLACK OR BROWN) - Click Next To Change Slide

7. SLIDE - COLOR CHART

How then did these colors appear on his canvas? Monet mixed COMPLEMENTARY colors to get black and brown. Are complementary colors close together on the color wheel or opposite each other? (OPPOSITE) Can you tell me two complementary colors you see on this chart? (PURPLE-YELLOW, RED-GREEN, BLUE-ORANGE) Monet could have mixed any two complementary colors to get the black he used. The Impressionists didn’t believe in using black or brown right out of the paint tube, because those two colors are not true colors found in a rainbow. So they took two rainbow colors, mixed them, and got the same result. Can you tell what this next painting is showing? Click Next To Change Slide

8. SLIDE – GRAINSTACKS IN SNOW

Your hint: He painted it in a farmer’s field. (HAYSTACKS) Monet painted haystacks – as many as 20 times. And yet no two pictures are alike. The haystacks stood in a neighbor’s field close to Monet’s house. He began to paint them when they were first made. He painted them in summer, winter, autumn, at noon, at twilight, sometimes sparkling with dew, sometimes surrounded in fog, sometimes covered in snow. Click Next To Change Slide

9. SLIDE – HAYSTACKS Audio – Press Audio To Play Sound SCRIPT: “Gentlemen, I never receive visitors when I am working, never. I am lost if I am interrupted while I am at work. You understand, gentlemen, I try to paint a patch of light. It is my fault: I want to get what I can’t have! It is terrible, that light which escapes me, taking color with it. Color, any color, lasts but a second, sometimes three or four minutes, rarely as long as that. What can one paint in three or four minutes? It is gone so quickly, and then I must stop. I am feeling very low and profoundly disgusted with painting. It is nothing but constant torture!”

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End Of Audio – Continue Reading Those are Monet’s actual words. Did you ever consider an artist feels suffering, because he is unable to capture colors before they change?

Do these haystacks make you feel peaceful or noisy? (PEACEFUL) Monet created that feeling with the colors he used. Do you think it would still look peaceful if the colors were red, yellow, and blue? (NO) By the time Monet painted these haystacks in his middle years, he was well known as an artist. His haystacks were very popular and sold well at good prices. Can you see his brushstrokes? (YES) His technique was to use many dabs, commas, and dashes of color. That’s how he saw the world. He saw the world from unusual places, too. Let’s take a look at one of his favorite places to paint. Click Next To Change Slide

10. SLIDE – MONET’S FLOATING STUDIO

Here you see Claude Monet and his wife Camille in his floating studio. A fellow artist friend painted this. Why do you suppose Monet wanted to put up with a rocky boat while he painted? (TO CATCH CHANGING LIGHT AND COLORS OF WATER)

Have you ever seen a boat like this? (PROBABLY NOT) Monet had this boat built for painting, so it was very unique! It had a cabin large enough for him to sit inside and paint, but he could also work outside on the open deck, protected by a canvas canopy. How large is your family? You don’t have a family as large as Monet’s! There were ten people in his family! Let’s take a look. - Click Next To Change Slide

11. SLIDE – FAMILY GRAPHIC

Monet and his wife had eight children, and they all lived together in a very picturesque house painted pink and green with a beautiful garden and water lily pond surrounding it. Monet loved his pond and painted it over and over again. Let’s take a look at his water garden. - Click Next To Change Slide

12. SLIDE - WATER LILIES

Would you like this in your yard? (YES) Monet diverted a small river and had the pond dug. It was a favorite of the whole family, and they spent many happy hours there.

Monet painted his wife and children many, many times, and they all enjoyed exploring the countryside, as he searched for beautiful vistas to paint. They would pack up a picnic and fish and swim as their father painted. Let’s take a look at one painting of his wife and son. Click Next To Change Slide

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13. SLIDE – WOMAN WITH A PARASOL

Here we see Camille and their son, Jean. Remember his wife Camille in the Women in the Garden painting? Would you recognize her? Camille was Monet’s favorite model, and this is one of his most delightful pictures of her. It shows her walking with his son Jean on top of a hill. A summer breeze carries the wisps of her veil across her face, as she turns to look down towards the artist. Lit from behind, she appears surrounded by a halo of sunlight. Click Next To Change Slide

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Step 2 - Learning From: Monet’s Colors

The Color Wheel

A color wheel shows how colors are related to each other.

An artist uses a color wheel to select and mix colors. The primary colors (red, blue and yellow) are the only colors necessary will make a secondary color (orange, green, or violet)

Use crayons to color the color wheel. Start with the three primary colors in the large circles

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Color Feeling

Colors which are most like the colors of the sun are grouped together on the color wheel. They are called Warm colors. Look on the half of the color wheel that has red, orange and yellow. The other colors are called Cool colors.

Us e your color wheel to help you find colors that remind you of the word under each frame. Fill each frame with shapes or lines made from the colors you chose.

Chilled Noisy

Joyous Burning

Shady Quiet

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Save this page for the Color Wheel Project.

The Impressionist’s Color Wheel

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ARTIST PROFILE SLIPS

The last few pages of this section contain the Art Activity for Claude Monet. This step-by- step outline will be a guide for instructing your child(ren) through the activity. The parent/teacher should review all steps necessary to complete this project before beginning any work.

Cut out the Artist Profile Slip below and attach it to the back of your completed art project.

Claude Monet

(moe-NAY) - French (1840-1926)

Monet earned the title, “Father of Impressionism” by leading innovative artists to break with tradition and see the world with a fresh eye where light and color reigned. The techniques of Impressionism were discovered through viewing the masterpieces created by Monet.

Art Activity Emphasis: Color, Theory, Color Wheels Media: Tempera Paint, Q-tips

Claude Monet

(moe-NAY) - French (1840-1926)

Art Activity Emphasis: Color, Theory, Color Wheels Media: Tempera Paint, Q-tips

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Step 3 - Working With: Art Activity Instructions

ARTIST CLAUDE MONET (moe-NAY) TECHNIQUE (1840-1926) French Q-tip painting

ART ELEMENT EMPHASIS Color Impressionistic painting

MEDIA VISUAL Tempera Print: The River

VOCABULARY SUGGESTED MUSIC Impressionism, primary, secondary, Impressionistic Music color wheel, palette, vertically

MATERIALS FOR INSTRUCTOR AND CHILDREN

One paper plate Extra Q-tips One 9" x 12" sheet of light blue construction Tempera paint in red, yellow and blue paper (add about two teaspoons of each color One 12" x 18" sheet of newsprint onto the paper plate "palette") (placemat) One blank color wheel from Learning Four Q-tips Packet Paper towel Crayons (red, yellow and blue) Artist Profile Slip (page 85)

PREPARATION

Place a blank color wheel and the Monet print in front of you on the workspace. Arrange materials for instructor nearby.

SET-UP [ 5 minutes ]

Distribute the following materials to each child: SUPPLIES: Four Q-tips and one paintbrush. PAPER: One 12" x 18" sheet of newsprint, one 9" x 12" sheet of light blue construction paper, paper towel, and the artist profile slip. PAINTS: One paper plate palette with red, yellow, blue and white paint, and water cups filled 1/3 full to each student.

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ORIENTATION [ 5 minutes ]

Do you remember the name of the artist of this painting? (MONET) Good! How did he apply the paint? (LITTLE DABS) Good! Today you will paint a vase with flowers, as Claude Monet would have, and you will use your color wheel to help mix the colors. If Monet painted a color wheel, how do you think it would look? (DABS OF LIGHT AND COLOR) Good! You will paint your color wheel just like Monet, using dots and dabs. When we have completed the color wheel and practiced dabbing, we will paint a vase with flowers in the impressionistic style. Let’s get organized so we can begin!

DEMONSTRATION AND ACTIVITY [ 20 minutes ]

ORGANIZING YOUR MATERIALS AND WORK AREA

Your paper plate will be your palette, and your Q-tips will act as brushes. Move your blank color wheel to the center of your work space on top of the newsprint. Arrange your paper plate palette to one side. Keep your Q-tip brushes on your paper towel. Set your construction paper and artist profile slip out of the way.

PAINTING THE COLOR WHEEL

PAINT THE PRIMARY COLORS

Let’s add the three primary colors to the color wheel. How would Monet have painted the circle marked "yellow?" (DABS OF PAINT) Dip one Q-tip into your yellow paint and dab the color into the circle marked "yellow." Press gently and use the side of the Q-tip. You may leave some white showing through, as Monet would have. You may cover the line if you wish. When you have filled your circle, rest your yellow Q-tip on your scrap paper. Follow this same technique with the children for the red and blue circles. Use a clean Q-tip for each new color.

PAINT THE SECONDARY COLORS

When mixing color, always begin with the lightest color. ORANGE: Which two colors mixed together will make orange? (RED AND YELLOW) When you mix two primary colors you get a SECONDARY color. To make the secondary color orange: 1. Pick up your yellow Q-tip, scoop up some yellow paint with it, then dab it into the circle between the yellow and red circles. Put your yellow Q-tip down and pick up your red one. 2. Scoop up some red paint and add it to the yellow in the "orange" circle. 3. Dab it just until it looks orange (stirring will work the paint through the paper). PURPLE: To make the secondary color purple, which two primary colors should you use? (RED AND BLUE): 1. Use your blue Q-tip to mix the blue and red.

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2. Which circle do you think will be filled with purple? (BETWEEN RED AND BLUE) GREEN: Which two primary colors will make green? (YELLOW AND BLUE)

GUIDANCE

Remind the students: Be gentle with the Q-tips when dabbing. Use the sides and not the very tips of the Q-tips. Leave some white paper showing through, as the Impressionists did.

PAINTING THE TREE

Now that we have completed the color wheel and practiced dabbing, let’s continue and paint a tree in the impressionist style.

GUIDANCE

Remind the children: Be gentle with the Q-tips when dabbing. Use the sides and not the very tips of the Q-tips. Leave some white paper showing through, as the Impressionists did.

PAINTING THE VASE WITH FLOWERS

Now that we have completed the color wheel and practiced dabbing, let’s paint a vase with flowers in the impressionist style. 1. Write your name on the back of the blue paper. 2. Place the blue paper vertically on your desk.

CUTTING THE VASE STENCIL [ 4 minutes ]

1. Fold the 4" x 4" square in half. 2. With a pencil, draw a vase shape, leaving enough "border" to use as a stencil.

3. Hold the fold and cut out the shape, leaving the border in one piece. 4. Open it up and place it on the blue paper where the vase will go in the composition, in the bottom half of the page. Holding the stencil with one hand, dab the color in and to the edges of the stencil. 5. When finished, fold the stencil, paint side up, to dry in the corner of your work space. 6. Remember that colors should be blended on the "canvas." 7. Dip the Q-tip in the water to thin the paint for a less intense color.

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PAINTING THE STEMS [ 5 minutes ]

1. Dip the small paintbrush into the water and then into two paint colors. Beginning at the top of the vase, drag (don’t push) the brush to create 5 to 7 stems. Do not go back over the stems. 2. If the stems aren’t solid lines it will add to the composition! Remember this is impressionism. 3. Use the water to clean the brush and then set it carefully on the paper towel.

PAINTING THE FLOWERS [ 8 minutes ]

Use the Q-tips to dab flowers onto and around the stems. Remember to blend colors on the canvas only. Always begin with lighter colors like yellow and white. Leave some parts of some stems empty.

PAINTING THE FOREGROUND [ 4 minutes ]

For the foreground, choose a color, that contrasts the vase. Dab with the Q-tips under the vase and create a table extending part way in both directions.

ADDING HIGHLIGHT AND SHADOW [ 2 minutes ]

Choose the direction of the light source. Dabbing with white and yellow will create highlight on the vase and the foreground. Dabbing with blue or purple will create shadow.

MOUNTING THE ARTIST PROFILE SLIP [ 2 minutes ]

(Profile slips for each artist are provided. They give a brief description of the artist, the technique, and the media used in the art activity. They should be mounted on the back of each art project after it is completed.) 1. Write your name on the front of the artist profile slip. 2. Using glue, mount the profile slip on the back of your artwork. 3. Encourage children to discuss their artwork with others using this artist slip of information.

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CONCLUSION

Let’s have an Impressionist Art Exhibit to show your magnificent color and light-filled flower compositions! (Hold up artwork) Monet hung his paintings, like yours, in a gallery. This room is our gallery! (Point out: Impressionist brush-strokes, colors, shape of vases)

GUIDANCE

Discuss where to put light and dark areas on the vase and foreground. Encourage thin branching lines for the flower stems. THIS CONCLUDES THE CLAUDE MONET UNIT.

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CLAUDE MONET – AGES 8 – 9 | ONLINE EDITION

Step 2 - Learning From: Monet’s Colors

The Color Wheel

A color wheel shows how colors are related to each other.

An artist uses a color wheel to select and mix colors. The primary colors (red, blue and yellow) are the only colors necessary will make a secondary color (orange, green, or violet)

Use crayons to color the color wheel. Start with the three primary colors in the large circles

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CLAUDE MONET – AGES 8 – 9 | ONLINE EDITION

Color Feeling

Us e your color wheel to help you find colors that remind you of the word under each frame. Fill each frame with shapes or lines made from the colors you chose.

Chilled Noisy

Joyous Burning

Shady Quiet

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CLAUDE MONET – AGES 8 – 9 | ONLINE EDITION

Save this page for the Color Wheel Project.

The Impressionist’s Color Wheel

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CLAUDE MONET – AGES 8 – 9 | ONLINE EDITION

ARTIST PROFILE SLIPS

Cut out the Artist Profile Slip below and attach it to the back of your completed art project.

Claude Monet

(moe-NAY) - French (1840-1926)

Art Activity Emphasis: Color, Theory, Color Wheels Media: Tempera Paint, Q-tips

Claude Monet

(moe-NAY) - French (1840-1926)

Art Activity Emphasis: Color, Theory, Color Wheels Media: Tempera Paint, Q-tips

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CLAUDE MONET – AGES 8 – 9 | ONLINE EDITION

Step 3 - Working With: Art Activity Instructions

ARTIST CLAUDE MONET (moe-NAY) TECHNIQUE (1840-1926) French Q-tip painting

ART ELEMENT EMPHASIS Color Impressionistic painting

MEDIA VISUAL Tempera Print: The River

VOCABULARY SUGGESTED MUSIC Impressionism, primary, secondary, Impressionistic Music color wheel, palette, vertically

MATERIALS FOR INSTRUCTOR AND CHILDREN

PREPARATION

Place a blank color wheel and the Monet print in front of you on the workspace. Arrange materials for instructor nearby.

SET-UP [ 5 minutes ]

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CLAUDE MONET – AGES 8 – 9 | ONLINE EDITION

ORIENTATION [ 5 minutes ]

DEMONSTRATION AND ACTIVITY [ 20 minutes ]

ORGANIZING YOUR MATERIALS AND WORK AREA

PAINTING THE COLOR WHEEL

PAINT THE PRIMARY COLORS

PAINT THE SECONDARY COLORS

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CLAUDE MONET – AGES 8 – 9 | ONLINE EDITION

2. Which circle do you think will be filled with purple? (BETWEEN RED AND BLUE) GREEN: Which two primary colors will make green? (YELLOW AND BLUE)

GUIDANCE

Remind the students: Be gentle with the Q-tips when dabbing. Use the sides and not the very tips of the Q-tips. Leave some white paper showing through, as the Impressionists did.

PAINTING THE TREE

Now that we have completed the color wheel and practiced dabbing, let’s continue and paint a tree in the impressionist style.

GUIDANCE

Remind the children: Be gentle with the Q-tips when dabbing. Use the sides and not the very tips of the Q-tips. Leave some white paper showing through, as the Impressionists did.

PAINTING THE VASE WITH FLOWERS

CUTTING THE VASE STENCIL [ 4 minutes ]

1. Fold the 4" x 4" square in half. 2. With a pencil, draw a vase shape, leaving enough "border" to use as a stencil.

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CLAUDE MONET – AGES 8 – 9 | ONLINE EDITION

PAINTING THE STEMS [ 5 minutes ]

PAINTING THE FLOWERS [ 8 minutes ]

Use the Q-tips to dab flowers onto and around the stems. Remember to blend colors on the canvas only. Always begin with lighter colors like yellow and white. Leave some parts of some stems empty.

PAINTING THE FOREGROUND [ 4 minutes ]

For the foreground, choose a color, that contrasts the vase. Dab with the Q-tips under the vase and create a table extending part way in both directions.

ADDING HIGHLIGHT AND SHADOW [ 2 minutes ]

Choose the direction of the light source. Dabbing with white and yellow will create highlight on the vase and the foreground. Dabbing with blue or purple will create shadow.

MOUNTING THE ARTIST PROFILE SLIP [ 2 minutes ]

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CONCLUSION

GUIDANCE

Discuss where to put light and dark areas on the vase and foreground. Encourage thin branching lines for the flower stems. THIS CONCLUDES THE CLAUDE MONET UNIT.

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