Street Art in my back yard
I tried the Anamorphosis technique in my courtyard for a 3D effect, It’s very funny! I prepared a little project on paper and I used … Read more
Ceramic soap dish with leaf’s print
This is red clay, we added texture with leaves pressing them on the clay slab, then we put the slab in a small dish to give … Read more
Antique houses on old pages
Old pages and a black ink pen is all that we need for draw. The houses are from different countries, the style and the features … Read more
Still life with oil pastels
A simple exercise to learn lights, shadow and colour shades. You draw some shapes like bottles, spheres, cups, cylinders and then you colour them with … Read more
Clone Yourself!
I follow the suggestion of DIY’s Blog, and I tried to realize the photograph with Paolo and Laura “clones”. Here my result, not perfect, but … Read more
Inspired by Rothko
I love Rothko, I try to teach who he is and what he has done. The easiest way is to copy his works of art, his colour’s fields and compositions. With soft pastels start creating fields of colour on white, black or … Read more
Mono Printing Workshop
On Monday 12th March I had an interesting Printing Workshop at the Oriel Q – Queens Hall Gallery in Narberth (Pembrokeshire, UK), where we experienced the mono printing and gum arabic … Read more
Working with complementary colors
A simple exercise inspired by the shapes of Matisse to learn about complementary colors. Prepare a 5x5cm grid and then you draw freeform shapes, coloring with alternating complementary colors.
Folder for herbarium
For the Science project the pupils of 7th grade created a folder to collect herbs, with cardboard, wrapping paper, leaves, paper, crayons and colored ribbons.
Written with the Rainbow
On watercolor paper you can write with the water and drop the colours with the eyedropper. I used colored inks, but you can also use liquid watercolors.