The magic of Gustav Klimt
With 9th Grade students, we made drawings inspired by the works of Gustav Klimt, the great Viennese artist who best interprets the style of Art … Read more
Painting inspired by Monet’s Waterlilies with video tutorial
To create this mixed media painting inspired by the famous Monet’s Waterlilies we need: a drawing sheet (24×33), a ruler, oil pastels, watercolors, a paintbrush, … Read more
Forms on watercolor background
Similar to a previous activity you can find here, we created this mixed media work, with shaded forms on a watercolor background. The bright colors … Read more
Random lines
With 6th Grade students we worked on the topic of the LINE drawing many types of interwoven lines: we traced the lines with the pencil … Read more
Depiction of a portrait: Matisse vs Kirchner
Observing the Expressionist artworks of the early 20th century, my students and I compared the French Expressionism of Matisse’s Fauvism with the German Expressionism of … Read more
Monsters in complementary colors
We invent monsters to work with COMPLEMENTARY colors. We draw and color four monsters with mixed technique, each monster must be colored with a pair … Read more
Video Tutorial: Cubism with pencils and coffee
You need just a drawing paper, some colored pencils and an espresso ( a very short coffee) to create this still life in the style … Read more
The Print Advertising
With 8th grade students, I did an interesting lesson about the print advertisement and its rules. The idea comes from my colleague Luigi Santibacci, an … Read more
Intertwined ribbons on abstract watercolor
With 7th Grade students, we faced a difficult task that has been more challenging than expected. The topic is intertwined ribbons, they were drawn with … Read more
Final Exams 2019
I post just now my students’ works which were created for the final exams of the previous school year. I hope these works will be … Read more
Identikit from a description
This is an interesting activity suggested by the art teacher Carlo Vedova and the name of this inter-disciplinary project is “One, Many, No Me”. He … Read more
Van Gogh at my place
8th Grade students studied Van Gogh’s art works and his specific painting technique. We specifically examined The Starry Night, one of the most famous painting of … Read more