Comics page
Students of 9th grade, after the drawings with facial expressions, created a comics page. This is just a part of a story, to try out … Read more
Facial expressions
After the lesson about the face’s proportion, my students of 9th Grade have drawn facial expressions, copying from each other expressions or comic’s characters. I … Read more
Collage Matisse’s style
Inspired to Matisse’s collage, the students of 9th grade realized this collage starting from a magazine picture of any whole figure. This figure has been … Read more
Mexican sun
Inspired by the Mexican pottery this “sun” is made from a slab of clay leaned on an upturned plate, then cut and shaped. After preparing … Read more
Value exercise
I used simple cardboards, black and coloured, even sheets of coloured papers could be good. First, I drawn the scrolls on the coloured cardboards with … Read more
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
Mini badges with drawing pins
Laura has made these badges to give them to her classmates. The idea comes from my memory of my secondary school when, at the end … Read more
Bas-reliefs of animals
The bas-reliefs were made starting from a slab of clay of 3 cm. After drawing the subject on the clay the students have dug the … Read more
Plates decorated with acrylic paint
I piatti in “biscotto” bianchi (non smaltati) si possono decorare a tempera e si imita l’effetto “ceramica” con una vernice acrilica applicata sul lavoro finito… … Read more
National Competition of Theatre : “the Italy of the fairy tales”
The show “The Love for Three pomegranates” that we made last May has received a special mention for the Theatre at the National Competition “Italy … Read more
Theatre: “The Love for Three pomegranates”
Only a few images that speak for themselves: here’s what you can do when the kids have to do with the professionalism, the highest and … Read more
Vases made with clay coils
Some vases handbuilded with clay coils and decorated after the first fire with Engobe colours (a kind of colored slip clay). The second fire was … Read more