Collaborative project in monochrome mixed media
Each student in the class of grade 7 has drawn a quarter of a circle with decorations zentangle, made with a black marker. The background … 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
Watercolors inspired by Michael Craig-Martin
After observing and commenting on the works of the contemporary artist Michael Craig-Martin, each student in grade 8 took a picture of five or six small objects … Read more
Warm or cool in the medieval cities
How changes the atmosphere of an ancient city if its colors are predominantly warm or cool? Here are the drawings of the students of grade … 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
Twigs in complementary colors
With students of Grade 7, we are continuing our work on complementary colors. These sprigs have been drawn with wax crayons directly on the white … Read more
The “Fauves” in our streets
After studying the work of Fauves artists and particularly the landscapes painted by André Derain, the students of 9th Grade have produced some images inspired by the … Read more
Monochrome sketch on wrapping paper
For making these monochrome drawings made on wrapping paper, students in seventh grade have used three different types of pencils, a charcoal black, a pastel … Read more
Trees in gradation
In classes of 7th Grade (12 year-old) we have painted a forest of trees without preliminary drawing, using directly the brushes and the acrylics paints on … Read more
Flowers in complementary colors
With the students of grade 6 (11 years old) we are continuing our adventure to discover the colors. Today we worked with the complementary colors … Read more
Warm and cool colors for a still life
We have proposed once again a “still life” to our students of Grade 8 (12 year old). This time the subject is not painted in … Read more
Design a chair
Our Lesson on Art Nouveau was comprehensive of a research on the meaning of design: change the shape of an object while maintaining its function. … Read more