Claude Monet Japanese Footbridge Elementary Art Lesson Pre-K to 6th Grade

 

Josey’s Art School

Presents

This Lesson: Claude Monet – “Japanese Footbridge”

By Robin Norgren, M.A.

Discussion

Kids can explore Claude Monet’s garden in this video, featuring the painting “The Japanese Footbridge.” Monet combined his love of nature and art by planting gardens wherever he lived. In order to create this water garden at his home in Giverny, France, Monet had to divert a small stream and form a pond, which he surrounded with flowers and bushes. His prized water garden became a subject he explored obsessively; he painted more than 200 paintings of his beloved lily pond.

 

Here is the link to the video: http://www.artbabble.org/video/ngadc/japanese-footbridge-1899-claude-monet

 

Materials needed

Pencil (to write the child’s name on the back of the work)

9” X 12” piece of copy paper.  If you plan on painting the drawing it would be best to use a heavier grade paper.

This is a lesson that can be adapted in many ways depending on the age and skill level of your classroom. 

Optional: markers/crayons/colored pencils/watercolors- MY EXAMPLE is filled in with crayons and markers and tempura paint. I also show a collage option.

Painting option:

Blue/green/pink or red tempura paint

Collage option:

Glue

Green construction paper cut into jagged strips

Pink and yellow construction paper cut into petals

Aprons

Length of Time/Duration of project:

30-40 minutes

Prep work:

Gather the materials

Create a sample

Optional: Draw a bridge in the middle of the page.

This should take no more than about 20 -30 minutes

 

Instructions

1.Take your piece of paper that you are using as the base for the project and write the child’s name on the back of the paper or let them write their names on their own.

 

2.Here is a close – up of a very simplified bridge that I created in the middle of the page.  I drew this on for my preschool students and then referred to it as I gave directions (“paint underneath…”  “paint above” … etc.).  This is 3 simply curved vertical lines. 

 

3.Then add some design features to give the bridge more depth. 

4.PAINTING OPTION: Paint scattered vertical lines underneath the bridge.

5.Paint the sky using blue tempura paint.

6.We used a swirling motion with the paintbrush to create movement and dimension.

7.Use the backside of the paintbrush to create the flowers.

 

 

8.UP NEXT THE COLLAGE OPTION

 

8.We had some scrapbook paper handy to mix in with the green construction paper.  Also shown is a different way to create the bridge.

 

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Joan Miro Elementary Art Lesson Pre-K to 6th Grade

 

Josey’s Art School

Presents

 This Lesson: Joan Miro “Portrait II”

Discussion

·       Joan Miró started painting when he was fourteen he attended an art school. He then started to develop his own style to draw scenes of trees and landscapes.

·       Miro was the son of a watchmaking father and a goldsmith mother, he was exposed to the arts from a very young age.

·       After overcoming a serious bout of typhoid fever in 1911, Miro decided to devote his life entirely to painting by attending the art school.

 

SOURCE: https://kids.kiddle.co/Joan_Mir%C3%B3

Materials needed

Pencil (to write the child’s name on the back of the work)

8.5x11 or 9x12 white cardstock/precut poster board/140lb watercolor paper – something with a bit more stability to it than copy paper in order to withstand the amount of paint and glue your students will be using.  You will need enough for each participant to use as the base for his/her artwork

Paintbrushes and water bowls

YOUR CHOICE: Tempura/Acrylic/Watercolor paints

Rulers (optional)

Baby wipes

Aprons

Length of Time/Duration of project:

30 minutes

Prep work:

-      Gather the materials

-      Draw dotted lines breaking the page into 4 quadrants depending on the age of your students

This should take no more than about 20 -30 minutes

Instructions

You have a few options for how you want to proceed with developing the main thrust of the project.  I work with 3-5 year olds in a Montessori setting.  This means that you are met with a gamut of skill levels.  Some children will have no problem handling more of the details of this project which means less time needed to prep and more of the experience for the way the artistic process works is offered to the child.  I have attempted to give you two ends of the spectrum but please feel free to modify as needed.

 

1.Take your piece of white paper that you are using as the base for the project and write the child’s name on the back of the paper or let them write their names on their own.

2.(Older children) With your ruler, break the page up using dotted lines into 4 quadrants.  Create a wobbly oval in the top 2 quadrants.

3.Create a mountain shape evenly divided within the bottom 2 quadrants.

4.Draw an arrow that starts in the middle of the mountain and reaches into the oval about 2/3 of the way up.  Create a half circle on the right-hand side of the arrow.

5.Draw a parallel line on the top of the arrowhead.

6.Close the ends of the arrowheads with circles.

7.Add a curved line on the left-hand side of the oval; add a jagged line inside.

8.Extend the arrow into the bottom two quadrants.

9.Add a circle to the left-hand side of the mountain shape.

10.Add a border to the left and right side of the painting.

11.Color in the painting using whatever you have on hand.  You may choose to have the students copy the same color palette or work with the color wheel or invite them to design the piece anyway they would like.

 

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