Complementary color drawing inspired by Alighiero Boetti
ALIGHIERO BOETTI is an Italian artist active from the 60s to the 90s. His most famous works are the TAPESTRIES in which the artist has … Read more
Ceramic candle holder House-shaped
With the students of the ceramics workshop, and this year, also with the teachers from the Primary and Secondary School, we made these little ceramic … Read more
An “explosion book” to show your emotion!
To create this “EXPLOSION BOOK” with the 6th grade students we reflected on our emotions asking ourselves if it is possible to REPRESENT an emotion … Read more
The Dolomites: UNESCO World Heritage Site
In the field of Civic and Citizenship Education we talked about education in respect and valorization of Cultural Heritage and we saw how, in cultural … Read more
Digital self-portrait inspired by Julian Opie
Julian Opie is a contemporary British artist, whom I have always liked for his unique way of representing human faces and figures with minimal details, … Read more
The Portrait in Modern Art: Small Copies
We have already experienced how useful it is to copy styles and techniques from artists, this time with the Year 7Th students we studied the … Read more
Giotto: “The Flight into Egypt” Poster
After studying Giotto and his works, especially those of the Scrovegni Chapel, we created a large collaborative POSTER, where each student tried to copy the … Read more
Giotto collaborative poster: 20 worksheets
To create this collaborative poster we used the PDF images that you can find below. In the worksheets you will find the 20 sheets that … Read more
Pattern Castles
We created these mixed media drawings to experiment with various techniques: creating black and white patterns with different tools and painting the background with shaded … Read more
Draw a castle: 2 worksheets
Two printable PDF worksheets to draw an imaginative CASTLE. In the worksheets we find many types of BUILDINGS, TOWERS, DOORS AND WINDOWS drawn in a … Read more
Illustrated poetry
With sixth grade students we did this interdisciplinary work in collaboration with the Italian teachers and with my art colleague Maria Noemi Demaio. First, the … Read more
Pinch pot ceramic bells
With the pinch pot technique we made these little ceramic bells, all with different shapes and sounds. The pinch pot technique allows you to make … Read more