Monet's waterlillies

Second grade students studied Claude Monet, a French Impressionist who lived almost 100 years ago. He was one of the first artists to think of painting outside. He loved to paint nature so much that he moved to the country to paint. He is famous for painting the water lilies that grew in the pond behind his house. Students discussed his water lily paintings and used watercolor paints to paint their own pond. Then they made a bridge (like the bridge in many of Monet’s paintings) and used a picture of themselves so they could stand on their bridge.