Monet

Today in art class we studied Monet. He was a pretty cool kinda dude in my opinion. I saw some of his works at the National Gallery in London this summer. This guy invented the impressionist movement. To keep things simple we focused on only his landscape paintings, particularly the Japanese bridge and water lily paintings (there are lots and lots of these).

We talked about how up close the paintings look fuzzy and like a big mess, but when you look at them from far away they are beautiful. Some kids even thought the pictures were real from far away (hmmm?).

As far as reproductions, this was one of the hardest lessons we have done yet. And the paint was a long clean-up process. Here is a pic of one of the most successful renditions.

The kids have been asking for about two weeks now to do a Halloween project. I was also informed by one of my students that they don't celebrate Halloween and she couldn't participate in a Halloween project. Therefore, I need to think of something Halloweenish but not directly Halloween related. Maybe face painting?

I went to see Harry Potter with some of the girls from London study abroad this summer tonight. I had a most excellent time!