After the capitals and the insects we created the symmetrical robots, drawing the strangest and most immaginative robots. To realize this drawing we first drew half robot on half sheet of tracing … [Read more...]
Tree in Warm & Cool colors
April 24, 2018 by Leave a Comment
In this mixed media painting we used oil pastels and watercolors in order to learn the ranges of warm and cool colors. With students of Grade 6th we created these trees to recognize and use this kind … [Read more...]
Artist Trading Cards 2018 from Italy
April 17, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Here we are some of the Artist Trading Cards created by Italian students that now are everywhere around the world. This year the Artist Trading Card Global Swap 2018, organized as usual by our amazing … [Read more...]
Group work: mixed media leaves
December 5, 2017 by Leave a Comment
In groups of three we created this mixed media work, following the step-by step instructions. First we write our names on the back of the drawing sheet. Then we paint the drawing sheet with … [Read more...]
SELFIE Artist Trading cards 2018
October 17, 2017 by 4 Comments
This year for the third edition of Artist Trading Card Global Swap 2018, we thought to focus our work on ourselves, infact the topic is our SELFIE! We collected all our selfie from mobile phones and … [Read more...]
Restore ancient Greek vases
September 24, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Before being a teacher I worked as a restorer in many Italian cities and I completed my restoration study at the National School of Restoration in Florence. A damaged work of art for a restorer, is … [Read more...]
Collaborative project: design a book cover
September 8, 2017 by Leave a Comment
In collaboration with literature teachers we have worked on a multidisciplinary project. Students of 7th Grade worked in small groups to create and write a fantasy or crime short story, according to … [Read more...]
Animals in black & white
August 18, 2017 by 1 Comment
These mixed media paintings were created by students of 6th Grade in order to work on achromatic colours and greys scale. To realize this painting you need: - A picture in black & white of an … [Read more...]
Hall in one point perspective
June 8, 2017 by 4 Comments
To understand the rules of the one point perspective awe created this work in mixed media. It's a big hall, with a huge window overlooking a landscape, with some people looking out. With students of … [Read more...]
Printing Expressionist Houses
May 17, 2017 by 5 Comments
At the beginning of Twentieth Century the art movements of Expressionists in Germany and Fauves in France bring an important news in the field of Modern art: the vision of reality is filtered by the … [Read more...]
