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 deeper feelings. Romantic painters such … [Read more...]
Village in warm & cool colors
June 1, 2017 by 3 Comments
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 by the cool colors of the night, and the other … [Read more...]
Contemporary Romanticism
December 2, 2016 by 2 Comments
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 really involved … [Read more...]
Warm & cool watercolor: cities on the sea
August 31, 2016 by Leave a Comment
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 range of warm and cool colors, just mixing … [Read more...]
Watercolor landscapes in the style of Paul Klee
February 11, 2016 by 2 Comments
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 Paul Klee. His works express the evocative power of the lines: with few signs the … [Read more...]
Citrus fruits in complementary colors
May 28, 2015 by 11 Comments
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 shade of color. Even the background checkered became a pretext … [Read more...]
Haiku in colors
August 30, 2014 by 2 Comments
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 heart become a poetry. During the lessons in the class 1D … [Read more...]
The magical worlds of Paul Klee
July 30, 2014 by 4 Comments
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 sense of childlike drawing, free from a rational … [Read more...]
Abstract watercolors… follow instructions!
May 30, 2014 by 6 Comments
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 "instructions" to follow. Each student should draw … [Read more...]
Watercolors inspired by Michael Craig-Martin
April 8, 2014 by 4 Comments
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 that represent his personality, his … [Read more...]
