An “explosion book” to show your emotion!
To create this “EXPLOSION BOOK” with the 6th grade students we reflected on our emotions asking ourselves if it is possible to REPRESENT an emotion … Read more
Pattern Castles
We created these mixed media drawings to experiment with various techniques: creating black and white patterns with different tools and painting the background with shaded … 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
Pinch pot ceramic bells
With the pinch pot technique we made these little ceramic bells, all with different shapes and sounds. The pinch pot technique allows you to make … Read more
Flower field in complementary colors
A very interesting topic of color theory is the complementary colours, colors that are opposite to each other in the Itten circle, which when put … Read more
Butterflies in warm & cool colors
In these digital drawings created with with 6th Grade students, we worked on the concepts of STYLIZATION and INTERPRETATION of the image.The photographic image has … Read more
Black & white animal on tonal gradation
With 6th grade students we worked on the theme of achromatic colors and tonal gradations, and we created these paintings with tempera paint to practice … Read more
Rainbow fish
To paint this rainbow fish we only used the primary colors as in the construction of the color wheel. First we drew a fish on … Read more
Pinch-pot ceramic little fish
To make these little fish we created a small cup with the pich-pot technique. From a clay ball of 4-5 cm in diameter, you obtain … Read more
Christmas candle-holder trees in ceramic
For the sixth grade students ceramics workshop we created Christmas candle-holder trees, using the slab technique and colored with enamel. To create the main elements … Read more
Land Art: create a fantastic animal
Per l’accoglienza nelle classi prime siamo andati a piedi nel bosco che abbiamo la fortuna di avere abbastanza vicino e abbiamo fatto una serie di … Read more
Stop Motion for the UN Agenda 2030
This year, with 6th grade students , I joined a project created by Agiscuola Tre Venezie which promotes the use of audiovisual at school. The … Read more