Hearts in complementary colors
Complementary colors are fascinating because of their contrast: the powerful fight between two contrasting colors is made of light, brightness and energy. We proved it painting a … Read more
Take a picture of one-point and two-points perspective
How many times we look at a landscape in perfect one point perspective, without realizing it? After studying the geometrical rules of this spatial techniques, we … Read more
Sgraffito tiles: terracotta clay and white slip
This activity was done by Daniela De Luca, a restorer-potter who leads workshops at Primary Schools, Summer camps and leisure centers. These tiles were created … Read more
Warm & cool watercolor: cities on the sea
After the lesson about warm and cool colors, we made these landscapes. This painting is useful to learn all the possibilities of creating a wide … Read more
Final exam 2016
Even this year I asked my students to create a personal work, inspired by the artists we’ve studied in our lessons. In the final exam … Read more
Landscapes with textures inspired by Karla Gerard
When I discovered the work of Karla Gerard I thought at once of my students and how much they would have loved this amazing artist. I showed a lot … Read more
The color wheel like a flower
Every school year we work on the color theory and the color wheel, and is quite difficult to find new and original ways to paint … Read more
Artist Trading Cards Global Swap 2015
At beginning of the School year we took part ito an Artist Trading cards Global Swap. The idea came from an outstanding American teacher, Nic Hahn (here … Read more
Buildings in one point perspective
I think that teaching how to draw perspective is one of the most difficult topic. Learning the rules of perspective is a difficult task for … Read more
Futurist photographs
The Futurist artists argue that true Beauty Is in the dynamism of things because nothing is still, everything moves. After observing some Futurist paintings like … Read more
Figure’s silhouette: 22 worksheets
22 different outlines of figures in pdf, ready to be used for different activities. The topic is about the relationship between figure and background in … Read more
Painting the background to create the figure
Is fascinating to understand the relationship between figure and background in a picture: did you know that our brain cannot perceive the figure and the … Read more