Find the right colors and restore the painting
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 … Read more
Final Exams 2019
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 … Read more
Mosaics 2019
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 … Read more
Scenography for the play “Marcovaldo”
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: … Read more
Shades among branches
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 … Read more
Drawing mountains
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 … Read more
Identikit from a description
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 … Read more
Pop Up Card Template
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 … Read more
Drawing Textured Circles
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 … Read more
Symmetrical Masks
Working on symmetry with 6th Grade students we created these masks inspired by ancient African, Inca and Aztec masks. To create these masks we need … Read more
Cute or Scary monster?
This activity is inspired by this nice video “How to draw a Scary Cute monster (Folding Surprise)” ( For those of you who don’t know I … Read more
Sketchbook 2019
For a year I worked on a notebook that was a “house in the storm”, as friends of the “notebook movement” led by Liana Zanfrisco … Read more