Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Take a moment to “chill” with Monet and this step-by-step D.I.Y. guide to tie dyeing like a pro. Use this ice dye technique to make a picnic blanket.

Claude Monet became a leading impressionist painter during his lifetime. His vast body of work solidified his reputation as France’s leading landscape painter.

Monet highly embraced Japanese art. He even designed and built the entire landscape seen in “The Japanese Footbridge” down to the reflective pond, lush gardens, and the bridge in his own garden.

View Claude Monet’s “The Japanese Footbridge” in person at our West Building or through our online collection: nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.74796.html

See legendary Impressionist paintings and learn how impressionism was born in our exhibition, Paris: 1874: nga.gov/exhibitions/2024/paris-1874-impressionist-moment.html

Ready to make your own ice dye art? Here’s what you’ll need:
-Cotton tablecloth or picnic blanket
-Ice
-Powder dye
-Rubber gloves
-Tub
-Wire rack
-Plastic table cover
-Fish tank or surface for dye move across a water surface
-Dyes

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