MADLY MONET (Key Stage 1)

Teaching Pack

5 Lesson Presentation Slides
Knowledge Organiser
Medium Term Planning
Teaching resources
Additional Presentation: Elements of Art
Additional Presentation: 5 Minute Drawing
Additional Presentation: Monet Museum

Unit Overview

Sequence of Learning for Teachers

In this unit of work children are introduced to the work of the famous French artist, Claude Monet. In learning about his paintings of his garden at Giverny they extend their knowledge and skills in using a wider range of media and techniques to create art. This units serves as an introduction to the genre of landscape art and the impressionist style of painting.

This knowledge, skills and understanding is delivered through the following convergent task sessions:

Session 1: Swirling, patterned water

Session 2: Garden at Giverny

Session 3: Monet out and about

Session 4: The Japanese Bridge

Creative Outcome (Divergent task) – Giverny Diorama

The unit of work completes with the creative outcome (divergent task) activity that can be delivered over two or more sessions. These sessions can also be used for children to complete activities from sessions 1-4. For the creative outcome children work in small groups to create a collaborative diorama of the Japanese Garden at Giverny.

The creative outcome activity provides an opportunity for children to apply their knowledge, skills and understanding from previous sessions in this unit of work. Through the creative outcome children will develop their creativity and understanding of the creative process by combining their imagination with the knowledge they have acquired.

Learning Sequence

Session 1

In this session children are introduced to the life and work of the French impressionist painter Claude Monet and some of his most famous paintings. Children view images of his paintings of his garden at Giverny focusing on his use of brushstrokes, For the practical activity children use finger painting to create different paint effects.

Session 2

In this session children consolidate their knowledge of the paintings created by the artist Claude Monet featuring his garden at Giverny. This session focus on his series of paintings of water lilies. Children create their own version of a water lilies painting using chalk (soft) pastels and a variety of techniques to create different effects.

Session 3

In this session children work quickly and with large brushstrokes to create an impressionist painting of a scene from a garden in the school locality. They learn how Monet preferred to paint out in the open as opposed to working in his artist studio. This is an opportunity to develop brushstroke techniques to create different paint effects,

Session 4

In this session children consolidate their understanding of wax resist painting technique to create their version of Monet’s painting of the Japanese garden and footbridge at Giverny. Children learn how artists usen space and layering in the paintings and particularly how they develop the background and foreground.

Creative Outcome

This activity focuses on bringing the learning together from previous lessons to create a diorama of one of Monet’s paintings from the gardens at Giverny. The subject of the diorama is the garden and the bridge from the Japanese garden at Giverny. Children work collaboratively in small groups to create the egg box diorama. This is an opportunity to develop children's understanding of sculpture as three-dimensional art.

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