Claude monet simple paintings for beginners

Claude Monet is perhaps the most widely known of the Impressionist painters, and it was one of his paintings, which a critic disparagingly called only ‘an impression’ of a painting, which gave the group their name. He completed almost 250 water lily paintings of the pond in his beloved flower garden in Giverny, and they were his focus for the last 30 years of his life.

Though Monet was impoverished for many years, one of his water lily series fetched over $80 million dollars in 2008!

Copying the Original

Copying the master is one of oldest methods of art instruction mainly because it helps to develop skill.

Easy Monet Painting for first-time & Beginner painters

In fact, that’s how most of the old masters, like Michaelangelo, began learning their craft. It’s a way to study composition, color theory, brushwork, and the use of light and shadow from the very best. Art practice trains us to really look at what’s around us which leads to greater awareness, and potentially, to greater