With year 9 pupils we have made copies of paintings by Claude Monet, the great Impressionist painter. We tried to imitate the technique of small brushstrokes put together, spreading pure colors directly on the paper, without making detailed preparatory drawings and avoiding the use of the color black. Here are some … [Read more...]
Still life with warm and cool colors
December 23, 2010 by 1 Comment
The year 8 painted these "still lifes" with acrylic colours, painting the objects and their background with warm and cool colors. This is a free interpretation that requires layers of solid color and precise contours. rita anna michele c. mattia … [Read more...]
Tribute to Friedrich
December 21, 2010 by 2 Comments
We have studied the works of a great artist of the Romantic, Caspar David Friedrich, with students in the 9th grade. They have revised his figures in backlight by painting in tempera on gradient backgrounds. The effect is really very "romantic"! elisa c. claudia elisa … [Read more...]
Our painted initials
November 16, 2010 by 4 Comments
To learn how to use acrylic paints pupils in the 6th year have painted their initials: first they painted plain backgrounds of solid colors, then they decorated each area of color with different textures, always painted with paintbrushes and acrylic colours. … [Read more...]
Landscape painting with texture
November 6, 2010 by 3 Comments
con gli alunni della 1°A abbiamo usato la tempera in modo molto creativo, ideando paesaggi dipinti con texture scaturite direttamente dalla fantasia! sofia david alessia lorena edoardo vitaly alessandra s. lorenza marco … [Read more...]
