Creativity in the classroom and in life
The art works of Romantic artists that we observed by studying the European Romanticism of the 1800s, suggested us images inspired by the paintings in the style "graffiti" of Sunil Pawar , where the figures are painted in black on a brightly colored abstract backgrounds. These paintings were created with the students of 9th grade with mixed media (figure in felt-tip pen black and grey on tracing … [Read more...]
Among the topics studied in the literature of this period by the students of grade 9 there is the literary genre of science fiction. This suggested to us to invent our alien friend: we have drew the figure with colored pencils and felt tip pens on white paper inventing strange shapes of mouths, eyes and faces. The shape of the alien was then pasted on a background of black cardboard drawn with … [Read more...]
My work as a painting on maple body of this Les Paul Gibson was completed by a talented luthier in Bristol, who assembled this masterpiece. I can not let you hear how it sounds, but this guitar is truly a sight! … [Read more...]
With students of Year 9, we approached the theme of the portrait. Following a pattern drawn on a sheet of squared paper, each student drew a female face in pencil with beautiful results. To make it more creative we have completed our design with a colorful background with collage, inspired by the paintings of an American artist named Erik Jones, who surrounds his portraits of women in whirls of … [Read more...]
The last work carried with the children of Cherry Garden Primary School in Bristol has been the realization of the scenery for the play of a modern Cinderella in love with a rock star. The two scenes had to represent a country road and the kitchen of Cinderella and were painted by the kids 11 years old with acrylics on fabric. Here we can see the phases of design, with the grid of the image, … [Read more...]
My friend Alessandra Tombesi suggested to me this work that she has created for the market of the school and that was very much appreciated. To realize these beautiful necklaces we need: - Paper strips 1.5 / 2 cm max (length as the height of the magazine page's, 29/32 cm) - Straws to cocktail - PVA glue - Washers or other items of hardware - A strong thread - varnish to paper The paper … [Read more...]
With a few objects and tools in the middle of the woods we issued a challenge: build something with your hands and your imagination! It may be a small sculpture, a miniature toy that will become a souvenir of this forest. You may be amazed how many things may be concocted by the children! … [Read more...]
Some of the girls of Year 6 are making and selling these precious bead rings, they are really beautiful! They also taught me how to make them! … [Read more...]
I was fascinated by painting on wood that I have experienced on the previous body guitar Telecaster "Red Baron" in maple. I painted another body, this time of a Gibson Les Paul in mahogany, with a subject of my own invention titled "Journey". I know this is not a lesson to be proposed at school, but who knows if it can serve as a starting point for some creative project such as design and … [Read more...]
Yesterday, I was delighted to receive a lovely email from Cynthia Vana, a Library Specialist in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. She led a workshop at the Florence Branch of Omaha Public Library where the participants used white oil pastels and acrylic paint to create African patterns on brown craft paper. Her workshop, part of a February program series celebrating African American Heritage Month in the … [Read more...]
I’m an Italian art teacher and I'm glad to teach now in a Middle School of North Italy. This blog is a place to share, swap, and explore lessons, educational systems, techniques and creations in other art classrooms around the world. [...]
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