Monet Garden

Here is how you can create this masterpiece:

(requires lots of patience and skills such as sponging, sticky taping and using a paintbrush)

1. Draw the horizon line and the pond

2. Use masking tape to create the fence. Above or below or in the middle of the horizon line.

3. Use a sponge to sponge the grass. Using the colours yellow and green, Claude Monet never mixes colours together so try not to mix... and another great tip is to use the sponge as if you're making the sponge hop like a kangaroo!

4. Next you will need some cardboard, put a gulp of dark blue on the tip of the cardboard and then spread it out. Then you put a little bit of white on top of the blue to create the clouds. If you like you can add light blue too! And then drag it across and try not to go over it again and again...

5. Now it's time to do the bushes using green for the bushes and blue for the shadow. Use blue because Monet never uses black.

6. Next you paint the pond with a paintbrush with white and blue.

7.Lilly pads! We had to use a brush and the colours... Yellow, pink and red.

8. Then we did the dots of flowers with the end of the brush (the wooden bit) and dipped it in different types of colours. and dotted it on the bushes and grass

9 .Nearly done! Time to do the path, you can use any colour you want in any technique but I chose brown stepping stones using a sponge!

10. FINALLY!!! Carefully rip off the masking tape.. Be careful or it might rip the paper. (it depends on what masking tape you use) Like I didn't use very good masking tape so it make it have a textured effect. Which made it unique!

Above is my painting of Monet Garden, I found it really hard to sponge because whenever I push down the sponge there would be lines because if the sides of the sponge. I learnt that by pinching the 4 sides with your finger it can lift up the sides of the sponge and it won't leave anything on your nice paper. My favourite part was cardboard dragging the sky and putting the masking tape on to create the definite lines of the fences.

If you have any questions feel free to put them in the comment box...

~ Catherine