The activity has been designed by the art teacher Alice Capriotti from Mondaini School (RN - Italy) and then reintroduced by the art teacher Marta Zannotti from Corinaldo (AN - Italy) who has shared all the pictures. Her students of 7th Grade (class IIA e IIB from "Foscolo" School) created these Longobardian jewels made of a dough of flour and salt. The teacher Marta Zannotti tells us … [Read more...]
Sneaker Design
March 10, 2019 by Leave a Comment
In this drawing activity students of Grade 8th worked on design and the function of object. We designed a sneaker starting using a template you can buy here below in order to create a personal and original shoe. Every student was inspired by a place, an element of nature, an experience or a passion for something special. Buy now First we thought about a specific theme for our … [Read more...]
Van Gogh at my place
February 11, 2019 by Leave a Comment
8th Grade students studied Van Gogh’s art works and his specific painting technique. We specifically examined The Starry Night, one of the most famous painting of Van Gogh. First every student took a picture of his road, house or view from the house window. The picture has been printed in black and white and cut out along the skyline. On a drawing paper we drew and painted the sky … [Read more...]
Video Tutorial: Van Gogh at My Place
February 10, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Here's another effective video tutorial from THEARTPROJECT of Chad Brown. In the video you can find all the steps and clear explanations about how to create these mixed media paintings inspired by the famous Starry Night of Van Gogh. Enjoy! … [Read more...]
Animals in the style of Fortunato Depero
November 18, 2018 by Leave a Comment
With students of Grade 7th we studied the Elements of art like Shape and Forms and, at the same time, we observed the works of Fortunato Depero, an important Artist representative of the Italian Futurism (1892-1960). His particular way to stylize and simplify the animals in simple geometrical shapes, inspired us to create these fantastic animals. First we took a cue from animals templates and … [Read more...]
New works inspired by Harold Hollingsworth
October 3, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Since a while I've been following with admiration and esteem the work of Harold Hollingsworth a contemporary artist from Seattle, Washington. In the last works he embellished his paintings with floral patterns, a new consistency of the brushstroke and layers of oil and acrylic paint. He describes his work with these words: "On a simple level, I describe my work as abstraction, with cultural … [Read more...]
A suit for Ghali
September 21, 2018 by 1 Comment
Ghali is a young Italian rapper beloved by my students. He usually wears colorful jackets, shirts and suits and we realized a collection of suits for him working on patterns. First we created in pairs some patterns, with different techniques and colors. After that we cut out the suit's shape from the photocopy of the singer in order to create a window. The picture has been pasted on the drawing … [Read more...]
Prints of animals inspired by Expressionism
September 11, 2018 by 4 Comments
The wide variety of animals has inspired us to create these prints. We studied Expressionism in art and the use of xylography (woodblock engraving) in the early 1900s, this topic has inspired us to create prints with strong marks and high contrast. Every student chose a picture of an animal and created a sketch with pencil and a thick marker. The realistic image haas been simplified and … [Read more...]
Prints inspired by Portuguese Azulejos
June 7, 2018 by 1 Comment
During my last trip to Lisbon I discovered the beauty and the infinite variety of the Azulejos , the traditional ceramic tiles you can find everywhere on the Portoguese architectures. The Azulejo is a typical Portuguese decoration which consist of a Thick ceramic tile with a glazed and decorated surface. Traditionally it is square-shaped and its size is 12cmx12cm. After talking about the notion … [Read more...]
