Artist Study: Claude Monet

For this artist study we looked at the waterlilies of Claude Monet. Few artists have more children's books written about them, to name a few:

A Picnic With Monet
Linnea in Monet's Garden
The Magical Garden of Claude Monet
Monet's Impressions
Monet Paints A Day
And even a pop-up book: A Walk in Monet's Garden

But perhaps my favorite is the lyrical The Blue Butterfly by Bijoux Le Tord which really captures the vision of the popular Impressionist.

After looking at examples of his paintings we made watercolor and tissue paper waterlily compositions.

I liked them so much I used one as the background for this blog :)

Materials: pre-cut tissue paper squares in pastel colors, thick paper (doesn't have to be watercolor paper but thick enough that it won't rip when painted on), glue sticks, pastels or crayons in blues, greens, whites, and grays.