Claude Monet

This week, to tie in with looking at water-themed topics in numeracy and geography we are going to be doing some watercolour paintings based on the French Impressionist Claude Monet's Water Lily series of paintings, which he completed at his house in Giverny in the last 30 years or so of his life. While looking for some pictures to give to the children to inspire them to produce their own water lily paintings, I came across a wonderful website with images of Monet's paintings. I have added it to my links but you can also get to it by clicking here.

The images are organised by time, place and theme so it is very easy to find anything you want and all of them seem detailed enough to reproduce. I just love the way the pictures constantly change to give you an idea what is on each linked page. If you go to the site's home page you will find a number of other links about the painter, his life and works. Check it out.

If you want ideas on what to do as an activity, some have been submitted to the Getty Museum's TeacherArtExchange website and you can get to it here.