Competition: a new logo for our School
This year all the classes of the Middle School of Mezzolombardo participated in a competition to design the logo of the new School. The project … Read more
Hall in one point perspective
To understand the rules of the one point perspective awe created this work in mixed media. It’s a big hall, with a huge window overlooking … Read more
Village in warm & cool colors
The view of a small village, with houses lumped together, is a nice way to learn and create warm & cool colors. Half of the village is surrounded … Read more
An experience of Active Art
This post is dedicated to the interesting work of the art teacher Giovanni Perdicchia and to his 9th grade students. The classes involved are the 3 B of Presicce-Acquarica Middle School … Read more
Printing Expressionist Houses
At the beginning of Twentieth Century the art movements of Expressionists in Germany and Fauves in France bring an important news in the field of … Read more
Marbles in Mixed Media
With students of 7th grade we worked on the realistic representation of space in art. In this mixed media work, we colored the marbles with … Read more
Funny Boots : painting textures
With tempera or acrylic painting we can create different patterns, using different kind of paintbrushes and colors. After painting the moka pots, the cups, the … Read more
Drawing natural textures for a gown
To create these elegant gowns we copied details of natural textures from some pictures. In the classes of grade 6th we observed lots of textures, … Read more
Trees in chromatic shade and zentangle
To create these magic trees we paint a chromatic shade with tempera colors on a drawing sheet. First we start the shade with yellow: we … Read more
Still life on tonal gradations
Here we have a mixed media work that involves many skills and subjects. First off all we learn how to paint a tonal gradation with acrylic … Read more
Design a wall clock
We’ve already designed a chair and a table lamp in some previous lessons, and this time we deal with a new object: we have to … Read more
Design a wall clock: worksheets
We’ve already designed a chair and a table lamp in some previous lessons, and this time we deal with a new object: we have to … Read more