Ancient Parchment… with coffee
A simple system to simulate an ancient parchment is to use coffee to paint and stain the paper !
Free interpretation of a still life
With students of grade 8 we analyzed the still life in the paintings of modern art. Starting with a photographic image or real objects the … Read more
The faces – masks
Starting from the proportions of the face we saw in a previous lesson, the students have designed the masks and painted with tempera, alternating warm … Read more
Still life: details from Modern Art
These small paintings were copied from paintings of modern art, where painters such as Matisse, Picasso, Cezanne and Morandi have dealt with the theme of … Read more
Painting moving figures
After building a dummy cardboard jointed, students of 8th grade choose a pose, a sport or movement, and drew the outline of the cardboard … Read more
Experiences of Abstract Art
Some of you asked me how it was possible going so far away from realistic images to create something quite abstract, without figures or references … Read more
Sentences in complementary colors
We have created a painting inspired by the works of Paul Klee and Alighiero Boetti using letters of the alphabet as a pretext to create … Read more
Silhouette in backlight
With students of year 8 we painted with tempera, using only the primary colors and mixing them in order to obtain a chromatic gradation. In … Read more
Value landscapes
To continue our journey to discover the colors, with the year 7 classes, we painted landscapes in tempera tonal gradation. The forms that become more … Read more
Fishes in warm and cool colors …
With the 6th grade students, we made an acrylic painting to experience the variety of warm and cool colors. Working on color theory we discovered how … Read more
The still lifes by Giorgio Morandi
With pupils of year 8 we studied a great Italian painter of the 1900s, Giorgio Morandi, with his still lifes full of quiet solitude, and … Read more
Still life with warm and cool colors
The year 8 painted these “still lifes” with acrylic colours, painting the objects and their background with warm and cool colors. This is a free … Read more