Monet Water Lily Art Lesson
Use Monet's artworks as inspiration for this art lesson for kids.
Print Tutorial
Equipment
- Paper Plate, Tray or Palette
- Paintbrush
Supplies
- Cool Colored Bleeding Tissue Paper blue, violet, green paper precut into 1" x 1" squares
- Glue Water Mixture 1:1 ratio of glue mixed with water in a small container
- 1 piece 9" x 12" Tagboard or Heavy White Drawing Paper
- Oil Pastels green and black or blue
- Tempera Paint Violet, Magenta and White
Instructions
- Create a tissue paper collage with cool-colored bleeding tissue paper and glue/water mixture. Fill the whole page with overlapping shapes.
- Let the background fully dry.
- Use pink, purple and white tempera or acrylic paint on a tray. Dip your brush into 2 colors and create repeated curved lines for each waterlily flower.
- Let paint fully dry.
- Create organic shapes with green oil pastels around your painted lily flowers. Blend a little black or blue on the edge of your lily pad to help it stand out.
Notes
- It can be difficult for kids to keep the paper completely flat when collaging the tissue paper. Encourage them to dab, dab, stroke, stroke over the paper and leave it once it is on.
- We recommend creating at least 3 different water lilies in various sizes to help show foreground, middle ground and background.
- If there is not enough contrast between your water lilies and background, you can add a second coat of paint once the painting dries or use pink and purple oil pastels.
Cost: under $5