Five printable worksheets that reproduce some famous works by Paul Klee with one thing in common: all five paintings evoke the LANDSCAPES using the LINE as a fundamental element of the composition. In … [Read more...]
Mushrooms in imaginative textures
October 4, 2015 by Leave a Comment
As the previous Autumn, with the 6th grade classes, we have collaborated on a science project on knowledge of fungi. In science lessons pupils have studied the characteristics of mushrooms from … [Read more...]
Symmetrical Monsters
October 28, 2014 by 5 Comments
After the lesson on bilateral symmetry, we created these symmetrical monsters. With a piece of cardboard folded in half, scissors, glue, markers and a bit of imagination, each student have created his … [Read more...]
Participation in the opera “Aida”
September 28, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Opera Domani is a project for the opera productions, introduced by educational paths. With our school we attended the performance of the opera "Aida -Love is Courage" at the Auditorium of … [Read more...]
Perspective in space!
June 5, 2014 by 26 Comments
By analyzing the various ways of representing space, we arrived to the study of perspective. In this collage, with students in the seventh grade, we first drawn a room in central perspective, … [Read more...]
Matisse on the cabinet!
May 8, 2014 by 2 Comments
What an idea! A large collage with adhesive paper to decorate the cabinets of art room! Which artist, if not Matisse, can give us the inspiration to brighten up our … [Read more...]
Inspired by Matisse Cut-Outs
April 1, 2014 by 14 Comments
An important exhibition in 2014 at the Tate Modern in London was dedicated to a giant of modern art Henri Matisse (Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs, 17 April - 7 September 2014). This exhibition explored … [Read more...]
A portrait by Picasso made with collage
September 19, 2013 by 2 Comments
In this exercise, one of the famous Cubist portraits painted by Picasso has been made with collage, using different kinds of paper (colored tissue paper, newspaper and magazine fragments). Each … [Read more...]
Custom placemarks in the class
September 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Again we are talking about names to learn, and faces to remember ... These cards with names can be personalized with a symbol or a small drawing that identifies the interests or character of the … [Read more...]
An articulate manikin
June 30, 2013 by 9 Comments
With the students of Year 8 we built an articulated manikin made of cartonboard which served as a model for drawing figures in motion. Each student has chosen a pose for his manikin, which could be … [Read more...]
