Small museum of fallen leaves
For this activity we were inspired by Antonio Catalano’s small picture book “Museum of Fallen Leaves” (advertising link). With this book the author guides us … Read more
Ceramic little house to hang
These ceramic houses were made by seventh grade students with the slab technique. For the main parts of the house (façade and roof) we used … Read more
Ceramic Cylindrical Cup with slab technique
These cups were made by seventh grade students using the slab technique. To cut out the parts of the cup from slab clay we used … Read more
Cover of a Horror short story
In collaboration with the literature teacher Claudia Paternoster in a 7th Grade class, we created the covers of horror short stories written by the students. … Read more
Multimedia Museum in one-point Perspective
After a lesson dedicated to civic education and the conservation of cultural heritage, we discussed what the museum is and what it is for. We … Read more
A Superhero who saves Art and Nature
We took a civic education lesson, trying to understand what Cultural and Environmental Heritage are, why we must protect them and what we must protect … Read more
Small Value Scale Landscapes with video tutorial
These small landscapes have been painted with watercolors, by 7th-grade students after a lesson about landscape and the representation of space with value scale. Here … Read more
Copying a portrait using the Grid Method
We created these photographic portrait copies using the grid method and learned a fairly simple way to zoom and reproduce an image. The portrait is … Read more
Still life on package paper with video tutorial
To create these monochrome drawings on brown package paper, my 7th-grade students used three pencils: one white, one brown, and one black. In the video … Read more
Oil pastels: many ideas for a sphere
How many spherical objects do surround us? For this drawing activity, I asked my students to choose an image of a spherical object to copy. … Read more
Forms on watercolor background
Similar to a previous activity you can find here, we created this mixed media work, with shaded forms on a watercolor background. The bright colors … Read more
The mask I would like
I publish here the interesting work of Ilaria Cagno, an Italian art teacher who had the idea to decorate the masks we wear every day … Read more