Still life on tonal gradations
Here we have a mixed media work that involves many skills and subjects. First off all we learn how to paint a tonal gradation with acrylic … Read more
Design a wall clock
We’ve already designed a chair and a table lamp in some previous lessons, and this time we deal with a new object: we have to … Read more
Design a wall clock: worksheets
We’ve already designed a chair and a table lamp in some previous lessons, and this time we deal with a new object: we have to … Read more
Artist Trading Card Global Swap 2016 from Italy
With great pleasure I publish here the Artist Trading Cards, created by ten Italian Schools which took part with me in the project Artist Trading … 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
Romanticism ancient and contemporary: 6 worksheets
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
Artist Trading Cards 2016
Also this year students grade 8th took part to Artist Trading Cards Global Swap, together with students from all over the world. In 2015 we … Read more
Take a picture of one-point and two-points perspective
How many times we look at a landscape in perfect one point perspective, without realizing it? After studying the geometrical rules of this spatial techniques, we … Read more
Artist Trading Cards Global Swap 2015
At beginning of the School year we took part ito an Artist Trading cards Global Swap. The idea came from an outstanding American teacher, Nic Hahn (here … Read more
Figure’s silhouette: 22 worksheets
22 different outlines of figures in pdf, ready to be used for different activities. The topic is about the relationship between figure and background in … Read more
Painting the background to create the figure
Is fascinating to understand the relationship between figure and background in a picture: did you know that our brain cannot perceive the figure and the … Read more
Mixed media landscape inspired by Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh is alwais intriguing for students, because of his fame, his unfortunate life and his revolution in painting. With students of 8th grade … Read more