Have you ever wanted to capture a moment? To make a picture that shows not just how something looks, but also how it makes you feel? Meet the man who did just that!
Claude Monet was a famous French Artist who was fascinated with colour and how the light changes throughout the day and at different times of the year. He loved to paint outside and enjoyed spending time in his garden. Can you have a go at creating one of his famous paintings? The painting is called ‘ A bridge over a pond of waterlilies.’
For this craft, you’ll need some masking tape to make your bridge shape. You can cut your tape in half to get thinner strips. You want to form the shape of the bridge using your masking tape.
Continue building your bridge using small sections of tape for the slats. Try to add five or six of them across the bridge at equal intervals.
Time to finger paint! If possible use a rainbow of colours to dip your fingers in, then dab your finger multiple times to start filling in the page.
Try to overlap your fingerprints to blend the different colours together.
Continue to fill in your canvas with finger print until the whole page is covered. Don’t worry about painting over the tape. As long as it’s securely fixed to your paper the paint will not seep through. Once you have covered the whole sheet of paper, leave it dry. As tempting as it is to peel off the masking tape, allow it to dry first.
Once dry, carefully remove the masking tape to reveal your masterpiece!
