With 8th grade students, I did an interesting lesson about the print advertisement and its rules. The idea comes from my colleague Luigi Santibacci, an extraordinary art teacher and designer with whom … [Read more...]
Intertwined ribbons on abstract watercolor
December 9, 2019 by Leave a Comment
With 7th Grade students, we faced a difficult task that has been more challenging than expected. The topic is intertwined ribbons, they were drawn with the same shading technique you can find in this … [Read more...]
Final Exams 2019
November 6, 2019 by Leave a Comment
I post just now my students' works which were created for the final exams of the previous school year. I hope these works will be an inspiration for the students who are attending their last year of … [Read more...]
Mosaics 2019
October 29, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Here are the latest creations of the 2018-19 mosaic course. The course involved some 7th grade students . The process is very complex and requires a lot of patience and care. First we prepared a … [Read more...]
Scenography for the play “Marcovaldo”
October 21, 2019 by Leave a Comment
With a small number of students, we realized a scenography for a real stage show. It was a challenge to deal with a real task: we had to juggle the time schedule, budget, space, delivery date and … [Read more...]
Identikit from a description
September 18, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This is an interesting activity suggested by the art teacher Carlo Vedova and the name of this inter-disciplinary project is "One, Many, No Me". He doesn't work in my school, but in a school far away … [Read more...]
The Starry Night in a big mosaic
May 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
With some 7th Grade students who attend the afternoon workshop we made this huge mosaic inspired by the famous Starry Night painted by van Gogh in 1889. This mosaic is made by tiles and colored glass … [Read more...]
Two-colors prints inspired by Expressionist Xylograph
April 9, 2019 by 1 Comment
These two-colors prints were made by 9th grade students with a printing plate called Adigraf, a soft and easily workable rubber. First, we drew an image depicting a face, inspired by the portraits of … [Read more...]
ancient Langobardian Jewels
March 17, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The activity has been designed by the art teacher Alice Capriotti from Mondaini School (RN - Italy) and then reintroduced by the art teacher Marta Zannotti from Corinaldo (AN - Italy) who has … [Read more...]
Van Gogh at my place
February 11, 2019 by Leave a Comment
8th Grade students studied Van Gogh’s art works and his specific painting technique. We specifically examined The Starry Night, one of the most famous painting of Van Gogh. First every student … [Read more...]
