Collaborative project: the book ‘s cover
In collaboration with the literature teacher, a 7th grade class, has worked in small groups to create the covers of some short stories. The stories, … Read more
Art Bloggers at Affordable Art Fair in Milan
The photographer Elena Datrino offered me a unique opportunity: to participate in a photo shooting during the ‘Affordable Art Fair in Milan, on 20 March 2015. This fair was … Read more
A post for you: The Egyptian deities on plaster
A new post dedicated to the work of other excellent teachers! Today we publish the experience of Alessandra Tombesi, an italian Art teacher in the … Read more
15 worksheets about Egyptian deities
15 templates in JPG, ready to download for free, for the activity on the Egyptian deities that you can find here. The work was proposed … Read more
“Expressionist” printing on different paper
Studying Expressionism inspired us in the creation of these prints. In these days there is an important exhibition in Genova about German Expressionists, and we … Read more
Skyline on color gradations
On a double chromatic gradation painted with acrylic paint, was pasted the skyline of a city cut out from a black cardboard. The color gradation was … Read more
Delaunay in primary, secondary and achromatic colors
Here’s an exercise of painting, based on the colors primary, secondary and achromatic. Inspired by the works of Sonia and Robert Delaunay, these acrylic paintings … Read more
Animals decorated with mosaics inspired by Gaudi
The drawings of animals that you can find here, have been decorated with the mosaic technique with 9th grade students. After observing the decorations of … Read more
The city in Expressionist style
In the 9th grade classes, we studied the German Expressionists, as part of the avant-garde art of the twentieth century. Noting especially the paintings by … Read more
Create a Fantasy Character
Starting from the analysis of the human figure and its proportions, we created and drew a fantasy character. The idea came from a work about … Read more
The color wheel star-shaped
In 6th grade classes our exercises on color theory proceed with the analysis of the color wheel. We made a painting in order to understand … Read more
Color theory: worksheets and video tutorial
You can find the color wheel and some aspects of color theory in two worksheets in English language, ready to be completed with crayons. This … Read more