Claude Monet Waterlily Koi Pond MIXED MEDIA SCULPTURE art project lesson plan
KOI PONDS is a perfect mixed media sculpture project for upper elementary or middle school art students. This art project including media like papier-mâché, paint and oil pastels. Based on the Koi Ponds developed in the East, that inspired artists like Claude Monet in his garden planning and waterlily series of paintings. This project also uses recycled materials like packaging cardboard and packing boxes from laptops, shoes, etc. A comprehensive, multi-lesson art sculpture that connects with themes like Earth Day and caring for our planet. Alternatively the topic of koi fish connects with farming themes and cultural exports from East to West.
A highly engaging project with several elements that are created across multiple consecutive lessons and includes opportunity for student choice and personalisation.
Students will explore armature making and papier-mâché sculpture, oil pastel blending, and layering paint values to create depth. Combined with using color (colour) schemes with purpose and building genuine art skills like drawing, painting, cutting and gluing.
Students will be exposed to knowledge about the Art element, while these instructions will guides you and your students through making an engaging and personal version of this artwork, guided by the instructions in the PDF slideshow. Makes strong connections to Inquiry themes related to Sharing the Planet (IB PYP).
Suits: 10+ Year olds and middle school
This is a new product so please enjoy this review for another mixed-media project in my store:
Art project mixed media lesson DRAGONFLY POND with VIDEO guides 2nd - 4th grade
- available HERE in my TPT store
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ "This is a great resource to go with a mixed media unit and especially for spring. I love the different versions with materials to use for the dragonfly for more creativity. The video tutorials are awesome as well to help with the steps of the lesson!"
This product is a non-editable PDF presentation, that demonstrates every step. It includes slides on:
- The history of Koi Ponds
- Materials list
- Reference images
- Detailed instructions to create a student art project, including:
- Drawing guides
- Painting guides
- Papier-mâché guide
- Cutting guides
- Assembling guides
- Photographs of every step
- Examples of work in progress and completed
- Bonus extension ideas for early finishers or if you have extra time
- Step by step instructions and sequence photos of the process
- Self assessment and reflection sheets
- Assessment guidance
- Printable sheet for recording Student Voice reflection/ assessment of learning (2/pg. to save printing, print on B&W setting)
Each section of the project includes choice options for differentiation, while keeping the skills taught, consistent across the class, to save your sanity.
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❤️ No more epic fails that result from not having the time to test the lesson or medium yourself before teaching it.
I’ve done it all for you in this comprehensive multi-lesson teaching guide.
❤️ Why should you trust my lessons?
I am both a general ed. classroom teacher and currently practising as a Visual Art and Digital Media specialist educator, teaching students from ages 4-12, at a primary school. I do this every day, just like you! My experience and knowledge are up to date with current practise.
❤️ How will this resource help busy classroom teachers, who are nervous about teaching art?
No worries - I’ve got you covered.
This lesson comes as a full colour PDF teacher guide, with a 70+ slide deck, to share on your large screen with your students.
All project steps are clearly explained and photographed, from start to finish, giving you the confidence to deliver quality visual art lessons for multi-day projects, to your students.
Why exhaust yourself teaching 1 day lessons. Save those for your early finishers and make the shift to comprehensive, quality learning practise.
Use in a series of consecutive lessons, while encouraging students to follow choice options along the way and create their unique artwork, and be guided through their learning by the information in the slideshow.
❤️ All the materials & skills are also clearly listed for you. It’s like having an art specialist with you in your classroom.
The PDF slides are intentionally designed in landscape orientation, to share with your students. This extra visual support will prove useful, particularly for young learners, and will also save you from having to repeat the same instructions, over and over again.
Select VIEW > enter full screen for presentation mode. Then use the arrow keys on your keyboard to drive a smooth slideshow experience, like a pro :)
No printing required
⏰ How long will this project take to finish?
These lessons and art project can be completed in 5-6 lessons, depending on the age and skill of students.
Chunk into smaller manageable lessons, as needed.
Perfect Pairing
CLAY sculpture art project Claude Monet WATER LILIES ceramic lesson elementary
view HERE on this website
View the previews above, then add to cart and smile, knowing you will soon have beautiful artwork on the walls and students glowing with pride!
❤️ So what is special about this resource?
‘Koi Ponds' - inspired by the Japanese activity of cultivating koi fish, a hobby that has spread across to the west and was embraced by renown artists like Monet and Matisse - is NOT a superficial art or craft option. As a specialist in this field, I write lessons that encourage deeper, cross-curricular learning and make meaningful connections to other subject areas. This IS:
- a mixed media tutorial that uses the art elements
- explore recycling packaging
- build sequencing skills
- explores concepts of size, shapes and space (Math)
- strengthens fine motor skills in young learners
- explores habitats relationships (Sharing the planet).
This lesson plan can be the perfect companion art project for students inquiring into:
✏️ The art elements.
✏️ Farming, hobbies, habitats or fish
✏️ Developing and improving fine motor skills
✏️ Sharing the planet (IB PYP)
✏️ And a great art history activity.
Students can express their unique ideas through personal choices and modifications, while working through the guided project. Pause the instruction guide in places to discuss next steps with students, check understanding and explore potential student responses or modifications, bringing personal creative ideas to the tutorial. This addresses the Viewing & Responding to artwork objectives in a purposeful way.
✅ What knowledge, techniques and skills will my students learn from this art tutorial?
- Learn to compose with 3D Form, Shapes & Lines
- Gain knowledge about art techniques and media
- Gain knowledge about space & create visual depth through value layering
- Explore a range of media
- Follow a tutorial for guidance - listening skills, visual discrimination, sequencing
- Develop fine-motor & technical skills for using a range of art tools and media
- Respond to art created by artists and by other students
- Reflect on own knowledge, skills, progress and artwork - using the included student sheets
✅ That sounds great! So what about the Visual Art focus in this lesson?
- Work with the art elements of LINES, SHAPES, 3D FORM, TEXTURE, SPACE, VALUE & COLOR/ COLOUR, etc.
- Build skills for both observational & guided drawing/ painting
- Explore art making that expresses new learning
- Build skills for using a range of techniques and media
- Stretch & Explore (Studio Habits)
- Develop Craft, Engage & Persist, Express ideas (Studio Habits)
- Reflect (Studio Habits) on personal development as an artist
- Include ideas from your own personal culture
- Make connections between culture, our planet and art to understand the art community (Studio Habits)
View the Previews above, then add to cart and smile, knowing you have just saved yourself heaps of time and effort!
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✅ Where can I find more art lessons like this one?
→ You can browse all my art lessons and support resources provided as PDF presentation lesson HERE: VISUAL ART STORE
→ If you would prefer the added support of guided video tutorials, browse my growing collection in this custom category HERE: ART LESSONS WITH VIDEO TUTORIALS
→ For my other Elements of Art lessons, click HERE: ART ELEMENTS
✅ Is this product available on TPT?
Yes - you can find this product in my TPT store - One Teacher's Journey - HERE
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