The Silent Still Lifes of Giorgio Morandi
With our 7th-grade classes (Grade 7), we explored the poetic universe of Giorgio Morandi, immersing ourselves in his still lifes made of silence and suspension. … Read more
Large paintings by Post-impressionist artists
Steal Like an Artist: Copying the Post-Impressionist Masters In this workshop, we challenged ourselves by copying the Great Masters, a fundamental artistic practice to master … Read more
Digital Tropical Landscapes: Following in Gauguin’s Footsteps
In this workshop, we let ourselves be inspired by the rebellious and visionary figure of Paul Gauguin. We explored how the artist spent his life … Read more
Inspired by Monet: Water Lilies with Pastels
Monet’s Water Lilies with artist-grade soft pastels In this workshop, we explored the chromatic universe of Claude Monet, focusing on his famous Water Lilies series. … Read more
Final Exams: 2025 Projects
As every year, I’m pleased to share the works created by the students for their middle school final exam.Starting from a central theme that guided … Read more
Murales: We love our world!
In the project, dedicated to the landscape of our home, the Piana Rotaliana, the students transformed the walls of the cafeteria corridor into a visual … Read more
The walking puppet inspired by Depero
In 1915, Giacomo Balla and Fortunato Depero signed the Manifesto “Futurist Reconstruction of the Universe,” a text that marked the beginning of a new phase … Read more
Complementary color drawing inspired by Alighiero Boetti
ALIGHIERO BOETTI is an Italian artist active from the 60s to the 90s. His most famous works are the TAPESTRIES in which the artist has … Read more
Digital self-portrait inspired by Julian Opie
Julian Opie is a contemporary British artist, whom I have always liked for his unique way of representing human faces and figures with minimal details, … Read more
The Portrait in Modern Art: Small Copies
We have already experienced how useful it is to copy styles and techniques from artists, this time with the Year 7Th students we studied the … Read more
Giotto: “The Flight into Egypt” Poster
After studying Giotto and his works, especially those of the Scrovegni Chapel, we created a large collaborative POSTER, where each student tried to copy the … Read more
Giotto collaborative poster: 20 worksheets
To create this collaborative poster we used the PDF images that you can find below. In the worksheets you will find the 20 sheets that … Read more