Girl with rainbow fan and video tutorial
Here an idea to work on the color wheel and the color theory with watercolors. A fan with the colors of the rainbow held by … Read more
Watercolor landscape inspired by Friedrich with Video Tutorial
With 8th Grade students we studied the Romanticism and its artists. We noticed as Caspar David Friedrich often paints the silhouette of characters who admire … Read more
Landscape and emotions
Is it possible that a landscape can trigger our emotions? Facing a real landscape, photographed or painted, we can experience different moods that inspire our … Read more
Village in warm & cool colors
The view of a small village, with houses lumped together, is a nice way to learn and create warm & cool colors. Half of the village is surrounded … Read more
Contemporary Romanticism
Romanticism is always a fascinating art period for students: the artistic creation engages overwhelming passions, strong feelings and emotions. For these reasons teenager students are … Read more
Warm & cool watercolor: cities on the sea
After the lesson about warm and cool colors, we made these landscapes. This painting is useful to learn all the possibilities of creating a wide … Read more
Watercolor landscapes in the style of Paul Klee
Looking at the lines in the nature and the use of the lines in the art, we of course came to consider the work of … Read more
Citrus fruits in complementary colors
In order to experience the variety of complementary colors we thought to the shape of a lemon cut in half: for each segment, a different … Read more
Haiku in colors
The Japanese Haiku is a short poem of only three verses that contains a fixed metric structure: the thoughts and images that flow through the … Read more
The magical worlds of Paul Klee
Copying freehand an artwork of Paul Klee is a joyful experience, detached from any worry of resemblance to reality. What we experience is the playful … Read more
Abstract watercolors… follow instructions!
Talking about lyric abstractionism of Kandinsky and Paul Klee with students in grade 9, we painted a small abstract watercolor with a small guide of … 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