12302022FroggysWinter2023

Materials: Image of Claude Monet’s Snow
at Argenteuil; paper or canvas for painting;
watercolors, acrylic, or oil paints as age
appropriate; paint brushes; and a paint
palette; optional tabletop or floor easel
In this activity, we use Claude Monet’s Snow
at Argenteuil as inspiration for painting
a winter scene. This is an open-ended art
project. It is not meant as a step-by-step
reproduction exercise. After the child has
held and examined the painting, tape the
printable in a place the child can easily
glance while painting. Allow the child to
experiment. It is okay if the end result does
not remotely resemble the inspiration. Resist
the temptation to interrupt the child’s work
with suggestions or questions. Set up a
painting area for the child and dress the child
in appropriate clothes or smock for the task.
Introduce your child to the printable.
“Claude Monet, a great impressionists painter,
lived in Argenteuil, a suburb of Paris, which
was hit hard with snow in the winter of
1874-1875. Monet was inspired by snow and
in multiple works, one of the best know is
this painting, Snow at Argenteuil that Monet
painted in 1875. It shows the snow-covered
scene on the street where Monet lived (pause
for the child to examine).
Notice that there is not a lot of life-like, fine
detail on the street, the trees, the building, or
the people (pause).
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