Friedrich in gradation
The Romantic works of Friedrich lend themselves to an interpretation of the landscape that can be divided into a value scale. In these two exercises … Read more
Small Kandinsky with oil pastels
After looking at some abstract works of art, painted from the beginning of the twentieth century, we have tried the technique of oil pastels to … Read more
Portrait inspired by the paintings of Erik Jones
With students of Year 9, we approached the theme of the portrait. Following a pattern drawn on a sheet of squared paper, each student drew a … Read more
A portrait by Picasso made with collage
In this exercise, one of the famous Cubist portraits painted by Picasso has been made with collage, using different kinds of paper (colored tissue paper, … Read more
Lego Avatar
Here’s another fun way to learn about the guys who start the year 8 and to get some clues about their personality: I invited each … Read more
An Egyptian sarcophagus ceramic
With the technique of slabs of clay here is an activity for the children of the Primary School on the subject of Ancient Egypt. The … Read more
Compose a Picasso’s head … on-line!
A fun on-line program to achieve our personal portrait in the cubist style of Picasso. The site is called PICASSO HEAD and with some tools of graphics … Read more
Pop-Up Italian Roman arenas
On May 19, I led a “pop-up card workshop” to teach how to build a card pop-up inspired by roman arenas, particularly by the Colosseum … Read more
Prints inspired by the German Expressionist group “Die Brücke”
With pupils in Year 9 (classe 3) we made some lovely prints inspired by the German Expressionist group “Die Brücke”. We have carved small plates … Read more
Playing with Pollock dripping
It’s just an on-line game to paint like Jackson Pollock with his DRIPPING technique! Your student can try to paint in few second his painting in “Pollock … Read more
The Ming Vases
I’ve tried an effective technique to imitate the Ming Vases, the typical Chinese vases in white porcelain with blue decorations. We begin copying the characteristic … Read more
Mixed Media Portrait inspired by Barry McGee!
Inspired by the works of Barry McGee, we have made some portraits and we have combined them with surfaces made at collage in style “optical … Read more