Lily Pond in France

It was really exciting to do a lesson on France since it still is a very prominent place in the art world, and even better for me because I was able to show my personal photos from Paris. Almost ten years ago I took a spontaneous weekend trip to Paris while I was visiting my boyfriend (now fiance) in Germany. The trip was very poorly planned, but since art is literally everywhere around the city it was almost okay that we missed the Louvre (I said almost) For our project we circled back to Monet and created lily ponds using Playcolor solid poster paint crayons and tissue paper collage on top. This project was perfect for letting loose and experimenting with overlapping mediums. My proud teacher moment was when I had a student carefully draw the Eiffel Tower from observing my picture on the Smartboard! Someday I will get back to Paris to see all the things I missed (and make SURE not to save the Louvre for the day we fly back out!)