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...]
Find the right colors and restore the painting
November 18, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Restoration of works of art is a topic that is seldom discussed in class. Before being a teacher I have been restorer for more than ten years, working in the most beautiful italian cities as Venice … [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...]
Shades among branches
October 9, 2019 by Leave a Comment
A simple drawing with value shades in two colors: you need just a pencil, a rubber, and two colored pencils. First, you draw a tree with its branches with a pencil. You create many areas of negative … [Read more...]
Drawing mountains
September 27, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Drawing the mountains trying not to fall into the stereotype of "snow-capped pyramids" is possible only through the observation of reality and the copy from life. The real challenge of the life … [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...]
Pop Up Card Template
September 10, 2019 by Leave a Comment
In these printable worksheets you can find two simple template ready to to print and cut to create pop-up cards with 3 or 4 shapes that stand up when you open the card. Following the instructions and … [Read more...]
Drawing Textured Circles
September 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The experience of life drawing is very important for young students, they learn to observe very carefully any detail of the subject. Copying a texture help the students to draw the abstract appearance … [Read more...]
