4 ways to draw with DOTS
We created these mixed media paintings with 6th grade students. We experienced that you can create very expressive images just using dots. The dot is … Read more
Artist Trading Cards 2016
Also this year students grade 8th took part to Artist Trading Cards Global Swap, together with students from all over the world. In 2015 we … Read more
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
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
Mixed media landscape inspired by Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh is alwais intriguing for students, because of his fame, his unfortunate life and his revolution in painting. With students of 8th grade … Read more
Street Art Puppets
In a beautiful workshop about Street Art, made with the third class at the MART museum in Rovereto (Trento, Italy) we drew these drawings, imagining that … Read more
Prints in radial symmetry with styrofoam
Small prints made with styrofoam matrices to experience the radial symmetry. This type of symmetry is based on the principle of rotation of an element, … Read more
So many goldfish! Prints with styrofoam
To create this shoal of goldfish, immersed in a blue lake, we made some prints by matrices in Styrofoam (polystyrene for foodstuffs). What better way … Read more
Vases strangely shaped
Vases and bottles with whimsical shapes have been invented by the students of the seventh grade in an interesting exercise of symmetry. Starting from a vertical … Read more
So many pipes!
With this simple drawing we put into practice the value, the theory of the shadows, and the representation of space in classes of seventh grade. … Read more
A lot of dots for a painting
With students of the sixth grade, we observed that the smallest element of visual language is the POINT. Is it possible to make a work … Read more
4 suggestion for a still life
In the review of our work on still life and the value, which has been very successful among my students, I would like to propose … Read more