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Fanciful mushrooms!

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 … Read more

Perspective in space!

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 … Read more

Matisse on the cabinet!

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 … Read more

Silhouette in color gradations

An interesting exercise on gradations has been made in classes of grade 8° by combining a background and a silhouette painted with gradations in complementary … Read more

Inspired by Matisse Cut-Outs

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 … Read more

Still Life with Mixed Media

An interesting experience in using mixed media, has been tested in the classes of grade 8, where we have mixed so many different techniques in … Read more

Romantic Graffiti

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 … Read more

Tubes striped

We’re still working on the different ways to represent the illusion of space, and in the 8th grade classes we have created this collage, drawing … Read more

My Alien Friend!

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 … Read more