Mama and Monet

So more homeschooling pictures- Another book we studied was all about the Impressionists. This little girl, Katie, visits a museum with her grandmother and climbs into the frames in order to gather flowers for her. The artists we studied were Monet, Renoir, and Degas.

Here is my little Monet on the porch...she painted a flower garden with dabs of color and just a few strokes!

the masterpiece

Friday I was able to take the girls to the Mint Museum of Art and although there were no impressionists on display we had a great time imagining what frames we could climb into.

Celia did enjoy a weaving project there. I'd never been to this museum before. It was great! (and free on tuesdays from 5-8!)

Clearly we involve food whenever we can because it just makes life fun! Well one portion of the book shows Katie enjoying a picnic with Monet's son Jean. They share strawberries, cheese, and a baguette....so we did too!

I happened to run into 2 of my friends at the park so thanks Karen for taking the very staged pic!