Voting is open this week!
Great news friends! I just found out from Jessica over at The Art of Education that my blog has been selected as one of the finalists to … Read more
Discover the hidden poems
On a page of an old book you draw any object and choose some word in order to create a little poem… You’ll be surprised … Read more
Queen Elizabeth I: the story in 2 minutes
Here is a video created by Paolo and Laura ( two of my children…). Laura’s homework was to create some project about the Queen Elizabeth … Read more
Art Ed Blog of the Year – Nominations Now Open!
It’s time to nominate your favorite art education blog or blogs for the Art Ed Blog of the Year award.The Art of Education blog, which … Read more
Inspired by the Kandinsky’s landscapes
From a photo of a simple landscape, I tried to inspire my paintings in the style of Kandinsky. He painted many landscapes, where it is … Read more
Ancient portrait with mixed media
This portrait of the King Henry VIII was copied from the original picture with a pencil on a white sheet, then it was colored and … Read more
Today in Bristol
Today I tried to capture the main colours of this grey-autumnal afternoon in Bristol, and arrange a composition with these lines, shapes and colours…
Colored Bulbs
Another simple exercise with primary colors! We copied different kinds of bulbs drawing them with a black permanent marker. Each bulb is superimposed on another … Read more
Modigliani style with oil pastels
Modigliani’s portraits are so characteristic that it is easy to copy them! Here is a simple technique with pencil, oil pastels and baby oil … Read more
Visiting Bath
The light and the sky were the protagonists this morning in Bath; I’m fascinated to compose square details with curved lines, horizontal or vertical shapes, … Read more
Circles of colored words
Inspired by Kandinsky circles, we paint some simple circles with watercolors using just the three primary colors, mixing them each other and painting very loosely … Read more
A Rainbow Umbrella!
With the Year 6-7 (Classi Prime) we continued our work on color theory, painting this “Rainbow Umbrella”. As in the color wheel we used acrylic … Read more