Silhouette in color gradations
An interesting exercise on gradations has been made in classes of grade 8° by combining a background and a silhouette painted with gradations in complementary … Read more
Watercolors inspired by Michael Craig-Martin
After observing and commenting on the works of the contemporary artist Michael Craig-Martin, each student in grade 8 took a picture of five or six small objects … Read more
Twigs in complementary colors
With students of Grade 7, we are continuing our work on complementary colors. These sprigs have been drawn with wax crayons directly on the white … Read more
Trees in gradation
In classes of 7th Grade (12 year-old) we have painted a forest of trees without preliminary drawing, using directly the brushes and the acrylics paints on … Read more
Warm and cool colors for a still life
We have proposed once again a “still life” to our students of Grade 8 (12 year old). This time the subject is not painted in … Read more
Starfish in warm and cool colors
Working on the warm and cool colors we painted these starfish with pupils in the sixth grade (11 year-old), using tempera colors. Each student chose … Read more
Impressionist landscapes
The painting technique of French Impressionists as Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, is unmistakable. After observing the works of these artists, with the students of the Year … Read more
The color wheel in a square
In the classes of Grade level 6, we are studying the color wheel. What better way to learn color theory that putting it into practice? … Read more
Textured shoe
With classes of grade 6 we made these paintings in acrylic depicting a shoe. After drawing the shoe with pencil, freehand, pupils have painted each … Read more
The Romanticism of Friedrich
We have studied the works of a great artist of the Romantic, Caspar David Friedrich, with students in the 9th grade. They have revised his … Read more
Halloween in tonal gradations and zentangles
We have experienced the tonal gradations with acrylics with the students of Grade 8, to learn how to mix colors, starting with the lightest color … Read more
Friedrich in gradation
The Romantic works of Friedrich lend themselves to an interpretation of the landscape that can be divided into a value scale. In these two exercises … Read more