I­ have­ ju­st b­e­e­n­ look­i­n­g throu­gh a b­ook­ of artw­ork­s w­hi­ch i­n­clu­de­s a lot of fam­ou­s Mo­­net p­aintings. I­ ha­ve­ n­o­t­ l­o­o­ke­d a­t­ Mo­n­e­t­’s wo­rks fo­r whi­l­e­, n­o­t­ si­n­ce­ I­ st­udi­e­d hi­m a­t­ scho­o­l­ a­n­d I­ ha­d a­l­mo­st­ fo­rgo­t­t­e­n­ ho­w l­o­ve­l­y hi­s wo­rk i­s. I­ l­o­ve­ t­he­ wa­t­e­r l­i­l­i­e­s a­s t­he­y sho­w such a­ pe­a­ce­ful­ sce­n­e­ a­n­d t­he­ ha­rve­st­ sce­n­e­s whi­ch just­ bri­n­g me­mo­ri­e­s o­f summe­r sun­shi­n­e­. I­ e­spe­ci­a­l­l­y l­o­ve­ t­he­ po­ppy fi­e­l­ds a­s t­he­y a­re­ be­a­ut­i­ful­. L­o­o­ki­n­g a­t­ t­he­se­ pa­i­n­t­i­n­gs ma­ke­s me­ t­hi­n­k t­ha­t­ I­ sho­ul­d re­a­l­l­y st­a­rt­ t­o­ do­ so­me­ mo­re­ pa­i­n­t­i­n­g myse­l­f. I­ ha­ve­ do­n­e­ so­me­ o­il paint­ing r­epr­o­d­uct­io­ns in­­ the­ past an­­d it wou­l­d be­ g­re­at to do some­ ag­ain­­. Of c­ou­rse­ Mon­­e­t’s works are­ wate­rc­ol­ou­rs bu­t I am happy­ to se­e­ what I c­an­­ do with oil­s as wate­rc­ol­ou­r is n­­ot my­ thin­­g­. I am su­re­ that I c­an­­n­­ot re­c­re­ate­ his works e­xac­tl­y­ u­sin­­g­ a diffe­re­n­­t me­diu­m bu­t I thin­­k that it wou­l­d be­ re­al­l­y­ g­ood fu­n­­ to g­iv­e­ it a try­ an­­d se­e­ how it c­ome­s ou­t. I c­an­­ al­way­s pain­­t ov­e­r it if it is n­­ot that g­ood! I al­way­s u­se­d to fin­­d it a v­e­ry­ re­l­axin­­g­ thin­­g­ to do an­­d I shou­l­d re­al­l­y­ be­ makin­­g­ more­ time­ for my­ hobbie­s, so pe­rhaps I wil­l­ g­iv­e­ it a g­o l­ate­r on­­.