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Frog and Lilypad- Claude Monet

By Marcia Beckett | November 18, 2020 - 5:00 pm |July 5, 2024 1st grade, distance learning, painting, watercolor

A painting of water lilies on a pond, titled "Frog and Lilypad," overlayed on a colorful watercolor background, inspired by Claude Monet.

A painting of a pond with lilypads and a frog by Claude Monet. Text reads: "Claude Monet is known for his paintings of ponds and lilypads.

I have a whole slideshow that I will show my students about Claude Monet and his Impressionist artwork.

Cartoon frog sitting on a lily pad in a colorful pond with flowers; text says, "Today we will be making a Frog and Lilypad picture inspired by Claude Monet.

A simple drawing of a frog's head and body sitting on a lilypad with text on the right that reads, "Start by drawing the frog's head and body.

A simple drawing of a frog on a lilypad with eyes and a mouth, next to instructions: "2. Add eyes and mouth.

A simple drawing of a frog on a lilypad with legs and arms labeled as step 3.

A drawing of a frog with the instruction to add a lilypad underneath it in an oval shape with a triangle cut out.

Step 5: Three stages of lily pad drawings progressing in detail with "Draw more lilypads in the background and all around the frog."

A frog drawing outlined with a black marker, with a step indicating to use a black Sharpie or crayon, resting on a lilypad.

A green frog sitting on a lily pad with surrounding lily pads and flowers, evoking a scene painted by Claude Monet, accompanied by coloring instructions.

Watercolor painting of a pond with lily pads, flowers, and a frog. Text reads: "8. Use watercolor paints to add dabs and dashes of color to the pond.

Drawing of a green frog sitting on a lily pad surrounded by pink flowers against a blue and purple background.

This is a project I have adapted for distance learning. All of my kids have watercolor paints as part of their art supplies at home. I used this lesson as an idea to adapt my lesson. Usually I have the kids paint on cardboard circles, then attach lilypads using construction paper and tissue paper, but I figured most would not have tissue paper at home.

I am going to read them the book Philippe in Monet’s Garden (affiliate link).

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About Marcia Beckett

Marcia is an elementary art teacher and loves painting, drawing, sculpture, art journaling and clay. Her blog, Art is Basic, features many exciting art projects for kids.

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One Response to Frog and Lilypad- Claude Monet

chantal says:

June 8, 2021 at 7:42 am

I love this artwork! I will be doing this project tomorrow. We are full distance learning STILL here in Canada…. I was wondering if you would share the Monet slideshow?

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