Black and White lines Landscape with Gold Sun
With the sixth-grade classes, we held a workshop on one of the fundamental elements of art: the line. Our goal was to transform a simple … Read more
Complementary color drawing inspired by Alighiero Boetti
ALIGHIERO BOETTI is an Italian artist active from the 60s to the 90s. His most famous works are the TAPESTRIES in which the artist has … Read more
The Portrait in Modern Art: Small Copies
We have already experienced how useful it is to copy styles and techniques from artists, this time with the Year 7Th students we studied the … Read more
Giotto: “The Flight into Egypt” Poster
After studying Giotto and his works, especially those of the Scrovegni Chapel, we created a large collaborative POSTER, where each student tried to copy the … Read more
Illustrated poetry
With sixth grade students we did this interdisciplinary work in collaboration with the Italian teachers and with my art colleague Maria Noemi Demaio. First, the … Read more
The still lifes of Felice Casorati: chiaroscuro copy
For this exercise on chiaroscuro we took inspiration from the still lifes of Felice Casorati (Italy 1883 – 1963). Casorati is one of the most … Read more
Woven ribbons: what makes us feel good?
With the seventh grade students we reflected on what makes us feel good at school and how we can improve our well-being at school by … Read more
Design: Artist Perfume
In this DESIGN activity we were inspired by the perfume made by GUERLAIN “The Bee Bottle- Maison Matisse Edition 2023”, inspired by MATISSE. This is … Read more
Negative drawing: Magic Jellyfish
This work made with the 7th Grade students is inspired by the illustrated book ” The Jellyfish Garden” (“Il Giardino delle Meduse”) by Paola Vitale … Read more
The Color Theory in 7 objects
To review the different categories of color theory, each student chose a theme and drew 7 objects in the style of doodle. The word doodle … Read more
A Superhero who saves Art and Nature
We took a civic education lesson, trying to understand what Cultural and Environmental Heritage are, why we must protect them and what we must protect … Read more
Banknotes for a board game, with our architectures
We worked on this interesting activity in collaboration with the Community of Valle Rotaliana-Koningsberg, which is the area where our school is located. The Community … Read more