Three ways to shade
Students in the grade7 (classe 2B) have tried three different types of shading with a pencil: 1) HATCHING: with different pressure of the pencil, 2) … Read more
Zentangle flowers with tempera-value background
an interesting composition! michele s. In the class 2B we have done this exercise in three steps: 1) first we drawn the flower with a … Read more
Writing in Sinhalese
Class 3E prepared this welcome’s billboard to greet the new mate Sunandi, who comes from Sri Lanka! Every student wrote his own name in Sinhalese writing, … Read more
Folders for drawings – grade 7
This folder-project is for the sudents of grade 7, who are studying the value of shadows and lights, the shading applied to objects, and … Read more
Folders for drawings – grade 6
Every student made a folder to contain his drawings (in Italy is very difficult to find the useful sketchbooks that are used in UK!), and … Read more
Art reinterpreted: the city of Giotto
The medieval towns, painted around 1300 with axonometric and aerial perspectives drawn intuitively, have been reinterpreted by the pupils of the year 8, that have … Read more
The capitals in “Free” style
Doric, Ionic or Corinthian? None of that! The students of 7th grade have created their capitals Order Free, Magic and Fantastic, assembling animal legs, margins … Read more
The strength of colors: we interpret Van Gogh and Gauguin
These two extraordinary artists have made us realize how powerful can be the colors, such feelings can tell, what emotions can be expressed. With students … Read more
Texture’s landscapes
With colored felt tip pens we have drew these landscapes, starting from a stylized drawing of a simple landscape (rocks, grass, hills, a tree, a … Read more
Mosaic workshop: first sketches
With pupils aged 11 and 12 who attend the workshop on Thursday we started to draw the first sketches for the realization of the mosaics. … Read more
Lights & shadows
With year 8 pupils have been working with the lights and shadows, simplifying images up to the essential forms. The image is defined only by … Read more
Inventing a texture!
We tried to train our hand with some exercise by creating texture with felt-tip pens, then we cut it off and paste on a black … Read more