Art Challenge

Art Challenge: Impressionism

In this last session of the Impressionist Club we will be studying the Impressionist technique of capturing light through the paintings of Claude Monet. By far the most famous Impressionist. Claude was one of the founding members of the Impressionist movement and considered the ‘Father of Impressionism’.

As he painted ‘en plein aire’, along with his quick, colorful brushstrokes he used to convey movement in his piece, he was obsessed with light! He was fascinated by how light played on objects, particularly at different times of the day. He saw and painted how, just a couple of minutes could create an entirely new image and thus an entirely different piece of art, just by the subtle change of light. See an example of his technique on this website: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/who-is/who-claude-monet

Use your Artist eyes to study the 3 paintings below. Do you see how he highlights light and shadow? Then, fill out the attached form. Bring it to the front office and you can win a raffle prize!

EXTRA CHALLENGE: go outside and paint the same object at different times of the day like Claude did. I bet you can capture light differently, too! (AND bring it in for an EXTRA, EXTRA prize!)

Print and fill out the raffle form. Bring it to the front office and you can win a raffle prize!

For more information please contact: Jennifer de la Port