One of the last activities that we did as part of our Art Unit was to go to the beautiful rose garden that is on Swarthmore College campus to paint
en plein air. We learned that Monet was one of the leaders of the Impressionist painting movement. He painted
en plein air which means that he brought his materials outside to paint the natural light and shadow. After our brief moment of
silence and reflection, I gave each child a canvas and a box of water colors. I had also bought 2 sets of "real" water color tubes. Each child found a spot to set up. The kids loved painting on a real canvas and they always love being outside.
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After painting, the artists ran around (of course:) |
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...and played Duck, Duck, Goose |
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The paintings were beautiful! |
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