Think about your favorite place ... now, think about what it looks like at different times during the day. How does the change in lighting affect the colors you see? Young artists explore the tools available in digital art software to...

Claude Monet is the subject of a short mini-biography that provides an overview of his life and the movement he began. Some of his works are also pictured.

Color, light and shadow, the placement and size of objects. These are some of the tools artists used to tell their stories. Model for learners how to read a painting by closely examining these features. The richly detailed packet...

Art does not always have to look perfectly realistic. Play with proportion and shape by stretching images. Pupils study works of art by Picasso, Cézanne, and Monet before selecting a photograph to adapt. They use a distorted grid to...

Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, or "Guys with beards and ladies without beards that painted outside," are featured in a 171-slide PowerPoint, designed for AP Art History and Humanities classes, that would also appeal to anyone...

Using Claude Monet's On the Bank of the Seine as inspiration, young artists create their own postcards. During the lesson, learners discuss the techniques used in Monet's painting, as well as the woman in the painting, and learn how to...

To better understand artistic style and expression, your class compares two different paintings. They analyze each painting for style, technique, similarities, and differences. They then experiment with a variety of art materials and...

Comparing two different artistic mediums can be a welcome challenge. Learners compare Monet's The Water Lily Pond to three nature-inspired poems. They consider how each art form is interrelated, descriptive, and expressive. They then...

Both Money and Cummings were able to capture the essence of Paris. Critical thinkers analyze how each artist used his medium to describe the same place in a different way. Kids then write a Cummings-style poem about Monet's Waterloo Bridge.

Students examine the atmosphere and fog in Monet's painting, "Waterloo Bridge." For this visual arts lesson, students describe the foggy shapes in the painting and sing the song "London Bridge is Falling Down." Students then use shape...

Students study classic paintings by masters like Monet. In this art history lesson, students listen to the story Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert and sing flower songs with the rest of their class. Students examine the painting The...

Monet is a great artist to study and impressionism is a wonderful art style to practice. Learners read about Monet then attempt to use impressionist painting techniques. Book and image links are included. 

Who is Claude Monet? Read about one of the most famous French artists of all time. After reading the page-long passage, readers answer seven multiple-choice questions that follow. Consider also including a question of your own that...

Using beautiful pictures done by famous impressionist artists, this presentation explores the world of Monet, Degas and others. This presentation would be a great tool to use in the lower grades to begin a discussion of this artistic...

Four famous paintings from Claude Monet are shown.  Overall the images are clear, the title of each is visible and the date it was painted is given.

This PowerPoint is composed of 6 slides, each slide has the name of an impressionist artist, life span, place of birth and name of a famous painting. There aren't any clear examples of Impressionist art or of the paintings mentioned. The...

Second graders view trees of different seasons in the artwork of Claude Monet.  In this observation and color matching activity students are asked to document how a tree looks in different seasons and reproduce colors appropriate to the...

Students use complementary colors and shadowing to create a plant drawing. For this art appreciation and drawing lesson, students view artwork by Monet, Degas, and Seurat and identify the complementary colors and technique used for...

Second graders research Claude Monet. In this Monet lesson, 2nd graders investigate Monet's impressionist works through PowerPoint presentations. Students use the Internet to research Monet and the Impressionist movement.

Eighth graders create a painting in the Impressionism style. For this painting lesson, 8th graders discuss the artists Vincent Van Gogh and Claude Monet and the characteristic of Impressionism. They create their own artwork by copying a...

In this art history worksheet, 1st graders look at the painting "Tulips in Holland' by Claude Monet. They answer 8 short answer questions discussing what they see and their opinion of the work. 

Students explore Impressionism and artists like Monet and Renoir. In this Impressionism lesson, students visit an Impressionism website and discuss the themes used in the art. Students select an Impressionist artist and research them....

Students become familiar with the work of Claude Monet and his garden paintings.  In this Monet instructional activity, students compare the garden works of Claude Monet.  Students examine pictures for the colors in his paintings....