Claude Monet Picture Study
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Claude Monet Picture Study Aid
Included in this 26-page Claude Monet Picture Study Aid (see a sample Picture Study Aid here!) is the following:
There is also an option to order separate, professionally-printed copies of each piece for use during your picture study time in the drop-down menu below as well. These are printed on durable cardstock with a smooth finish and display beautifully. The prints do not include the Claude Monet Picture Study Aid PDF download – this is a separate purchase.
The pieces discussed* are:
*AmblesideOnline users, please note that these are not all the same pieces as those selected for the AmblesideOnline artist rotation.
People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it’s simply necessary to love.
Claude Monet
Claude Monet is the man usually given the auspicious title of the father of Impressionism as his piece, titled “Impression, Sunrise” gave the movement its name. He is truly a giant in the world of art and adding him to your picture study time is a wonderful way to explore the art of the 19th century!
Chances are, you’ve seen at least one of his paintings in your lifetime, possibly printed on a necktie or made into a calendar. While I don’t necessarily think using the work of master artists in commercial endeavors is a bad thing, sometimes, when an artist is as popular as he is, you can get a little tired of seeing his work and not truly value it. In my experience, I didn’t really begin to appreciate his skill and vision until I took the time to really look at his art (as in the practice of picture study!) and realized what a master of technique and color he was.
You can get an idea of it in Woman with a Parasol, or Madame Monet and Her Son. The brushstrokes for the clouds behind her almost seem to be really comprised of tiny drops of sunlight. In his numerous pictures of the ocean, the waves are crowned with blindingly white crests.
Some of his paintings are repetitive (as in his Rouen Cathedral series), but I don’t think it was for lack of content, but rather, the desire to explore a thing at all angles and times of day, and make it alive in paint.
The intention of this Claude Monet Picture Study Aid is to equip the home educator with some basic facts and understanding of a sampling of the work of this nineteenth-century artist. It is not meant to be an exhaustive analysis or study of each piece or a complete biography of the artist.
About picture study, Ms. Mason recommended keeping learning as simple as possible, especially in the younger years, and put extra emphasis on the images by themselves.
There is no talk about schools of painting, little about style; consideration of these matters comes in later life, the first and most important thing is to know the pictures themselves. As in a worthy book we leave the author to tell his own tale, so do we trust a picture to tell its tale through the medium the artist gave it. In the region of art as else-where we shut out the middleman. (vol 6 pg 216)
Definite teaching is out of the question; suitable ideas are easily given, and a thoughtful love of Art inspired by simple natural talk over the picture at which the child is looking. (PR Article “Picture Talks”)
…we begin now to understand that art is not to be approached by such an acadamised road. It is of the spirit, and in ways of the spirit must we make our attempt. We recognise that the power of appreciating art and of producing to some extent an interpretation of what one sees is as universal as intelligence, imagination, nay, speech, the power of producing words. But there must be knowledge and, in the first place, not the technical knowledge of how to produce, but some reverent knowledge of what has been produced; that is, children should learn pictures, line by line, group by group, by reading, not books, but pictures themselves. A friendly picture-dealer supplies us with half a dozen beautiful little reproductions of the work of some single artist, term by term. After a short story of the artist’s life and a few sympathetic words about his trees or his skies, his river-paths or his figures, the little pictures are studied one at a time; that is, children learn, not merely to see a picture but to look at it, taking in every detail.” (vol 6 pg 214)
This Picture Study Aid is meant to offer basic information about the artists as well as ready answers should your student ask about a particular aspect of a piece and the explanation isn’t readily evident. Ms. Mason emphasized not focusing on strict academic discourse when doing picture study, but rather simply exposing students to the art itself:
His education should furnish him with whole galleries of mental pictures, pictures by great artists old and new;––…––in fact, every child should leave school with at least a couple of hundred pictures by great masters hanging permanently in the halls of his imagination, to say nothing of great buildings, sculpture, beauty of form and colour in things he sees. Perhaps we might secure at least a hundred lovely landscapes too,––sunsets, cloudscapes, starlight nights. At any rate he should go forth well furnished because imagination has the property of magical expansion, the more it holds the more it will hold. (vol 6 pg 43)
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Jenny (verified owner) –
Nice color and good quality.
Anonymous (verified owner) –
The prints are of a high quality! Thank you –
nancy h. (verified owner) –
I bought these and am so glad I did! They are beautiful! So much better than my printer at home!!
My girls can actually get an idea of what the true colors are this year☺️ I will be purchasing again.
Also the customer service was just like talking with a friend.
Thank you Rebecca for offering these!!
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Gencie T. (verified owner) –
Perfect! Good print quality, happy with my order.
Julia F. (verified owner) –
Beautiful! And, fast shipping!
Maggie (verified owner) –
I am so thankful for the addition of art study in our homeschool. My daughters are 5 and 7 and the information in the art study is easy to find and adapt to their comprehension. They love to hang up the beautiful prints also!
Amanda W. (verified owner) –
Beautiful prints! A list is included with information about each piece (title, date, where it’s currently located). I’m very happy with this purchase and my six year old son is enjoying our picture study!
Sarah Phillips (verified owner) –
These Art Studies are so beautifully put together and Simple to use. We love them!
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Beth A. (verified owner) –
The Study guide really helped me get started and the prints are beautiful. We will definitely be ordering again.
Christina Hara (verified owner) –
10/10 – beautiful quality and fast shipping. SO happy with my purchases.
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Anonymous (verified owner) –
So glad I found these! Beautiful prints, exactly what we needed.
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Tathiana Mitchell (verified owner) –
Beautifully done!
Sarah (verified owner) –
The prints are very high quality and shipping was very quick. I love the descriptions of each painting. They are very helpful in modeling how to narrate a picture. Thank you!
Kelli B. (verified owner) –
She has done such a great job at compiling everything we need to add this part of the feast to our busy days
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Lauren Fee (verified owner) –
I always appreciate the ease of ordering directly from Rebecca as well supporting a homeschool mom like myself! Great quality and I appreciate having art study made easy for me!
Misty L. (verified owner) –
Alycia (verified owner) –
These prints are great quality on thick paper. Better and more cost effective than what I can get at fedex.
Candice G. (verified owner) –
Quality is wonderful and we are excited to study this artist.
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Allison (verified owner) –
These images are so clear and lovely. Excellent quality!
Amy Larson (verified owner) –
Our family loves these picture study packs!
Anonymous (verified owner) –
We enjoyed this picture study! The quality of
the prints is exceptional and we really enjoyed the guide to go along with it.
Hannah P. (verified owner) –
I’m definitely planning on reordering more as needed for our art study. Great quality, and I was glad I got the book too
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Cassie M. (verified owner) –
These prints are high quality and very well done. The informational booklet is perfect for schooling our wide age range of kids. They look forward to artist study each time. Well worth this very fair price.
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Chantelle G. (verified owner) –
I could not even find the damage to this set. Everything is in perfect condition. I have already put these pictures into frames and displayed them.
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Sanne (verified owner) –
Lovely picture study for the whole family to enjoy. Even dad asks us to save our picture study time for a morning when he’s home! I also adore the new book recommendations on the website. We love the Katie books about impressionism and Claude Monet himself.
Ivette Daniels (verified owner) –
Wow!! This is an answer to prayer!! It I such a complete aid. I haven’t found anything so thorough and well done. Thank you! I will be purchasing many more!
Krysta W. (verified owner) –
Beautiful, high quality prints! Very excited to use these for artist study this school year! We used Humble Place prints last school year, and we really loved it! The corresponding guide was helpful! Also, the Kindergarten curriculum was perfect for my just-turned-6 year old—I would rate it at a 10 if I could! It was well organized for each week, had great links for composer study and hymns and folk songs, and helped me figure out how to implement Charlotte Mason principles for our homeschool! It gave just the right amount of guidance that I needed!