Like tissues at the microscope: shading exercise
In order to comprehend the shading effects in a drawing, it’s very useful working on the perception of the depth. Adding shadows on a flat … Read more
Mountains made up of lines
Lines can depict any shape; they can create tridimensional effects and give the perception of movement. I did this drawing with 6th grade students, in … Read more
Artist Trading Card Global Swap 2016 from Italy
With great pleasure I publish here the Artist Trading Cards, created by ten Italian Schools which took part with me in the project Artist Trading … Read more
Contemporary Romanticism
Romanticism is always a fascinating art period for students: the artistic creation engages overwhelming passions, strong feelings and emotions. For these reasons teenager students are … Read more
Romanticism ancient and contemporary: 6 worksheets
Romanticism is always a fascinating art period for students: the artistic creation engages overwhelming passions, strong feelings and emotions. For these reasons teenager students are … Read more
Meeting with the artist: Albino Rossi
Having a meeting with an artist is always a special experience: we are used to appreciating the works of art, but a meeting with an … Read more
I-cube: me in numbers
Can we introduce ourselves with numbers? We can do it on the 6 sides of a cube! We called this activity I-cube and we used … Read more
Drawings, Music, Emotions: collaborative project
Matching drawings, music, and emotions is a fascinating experience, which helps to express yourself and your own feeling. Is not possible to fail or to … Read more
4 ways to draw with DOTS
We created these mixed media paintings with 6th grade students. We experienced that you can create very expressive images just using dots. The dot is … Read more
Artist Trading Cards 2016
Also this year students grade 8th took part to Artist Trading Cards Global Swap, together with students from all over the world. In 2015 we … Read more
ART graffiti style
We started our activity in the Grade 8th classes with these writings in graffiti style. Every student wrote the word ART, taking inspiration from this … Read more
Hearts in complementary colors
Complementary colors are fascinating because of their contrast: the powerful fight between two contrasting colors is made of light, brightness and energy. We proved it painting a … Read more