In Art this term, our budding Year 2 artists have been learning about the world renowned French Impressionist, Claude Monet.

Claude Monet born 1840 was a French painter, the founder, and leader of Impressionism. Impressionism is a movement focused on capturing fleeting moments, light, and atmosphere, famously seen in his series paintings like Water Lilies and Haystacks.

He pioneered plein air (outdoor) painting, emphasising perception over detail with vibrant colours and visible brushstrokes, influencing modern art significantly.

One of his most famous and well recognised pieces is “Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies”, which our class have been looking at and recreating this week using a method called “Wax Resist”. Wax resist is a versatile art technique using wax (crayons, candles, or oil pastels) to repel water-based media like watercolor or ink. By drawing on paper with wax before painting, the waxed areas stay the original color, creating texture, highlights, and, for example, sparkling water effects or intricate,, layered designs.

Pictured below is sections of our Monet Art Display in the classroom and one of our amazing impressionists with his own variation of this famous work of art.