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
Street Art Puppets
In a beautiful workshop about Street Art, made with the third class at the MART museum in Rovereto (Trento, Italy) we drew these drawings, imagining that … Read more
Drawing a face: worksheet and five suggestions
I created this worksheet for students who like to draw a face, without having to draw the framework and proportions. You can work directly on … Read more
Nativity in the style of Romero Britto
For this Christmas we decided to participate in a contest of cribs that takes place in our town. With the students of 6th grade, in … Read more
Color variations on a face
In a previous lesson we learned how to draw a female face following a geometric framework. In this exercise we added color variations on hair, lips, makeup … Read more
Mii like me
It’s very common among teens, creating “avatar” characters, in video games or social networks. These minifigures are used to represent yourself into a game or … Read more
Mii like me: 2 worksheets
Buy now It’s very common among teens, creating “avatar” characters, in video games or social networks. These minifigures are used to represent yourself into a … Read more
Final exams 2015
Every year, when my students have the final examinations of middle school, I wonder what they’ll remember of all our lessons in these three years. … Read more
Drawing inspired by Futurism: moving subjects
The Futurists, in the earliest Twentieth century, considered the dynamism and movement as new criteria of universal beauty. With students of eighth-grade we have made … Read more
Contemporary Mona Lisa
After an exciting lesson on Leonardo da Vinci we tried, like many other artists of modern and contemporary art, to play with the famous image … Read more
Mona Lisa: 2 worksheets
With these worksheets we can play with the famous Mona Lisa by Leonardo. The linear drawing of the most famous portrait in the world is … Read more
A “tunnel” in tonal gradation
We continue the exercises to learn how to create the perfect tonal gradations! This time with the classes of sixth grade we paint a mysterious hallway … Read more