Mexican sun
Inspired by the Mexican pottery this “sun” is made from a slab of clay leaned on an upturned plate, then cut and shaped. After preparing … Read more
Experiences of Abstract Art
Some of you asked me how it was possible going so far away from realistic images to create something quite abstract, without figures or references … Read more
Theatre: Truffaldino, an unusual Harlequin
During the workshops we are creating the costumes and masks for the play of the year. In designing the costume for a Harlequin we thought … Read more
Collages inspired by Synthetic Cubism
Inspired by the works of cubist artists such as Braque, Picasso and Gris, with the classes of the 9th year, we have created these paintings … Read more
Surrealist rooms
The study of perspective in the 8th grade was the starting point for the realization of these rooms surreal. The design of a room in … Read more
Art reinterpreted: the city of Giotto
The medieval towns, painted around 1300 with axonometric and aerial perspectives drawn intuitively, have been reinterpreted by the pupils of the year 8, that have … Read more
Sentences in complementary colors
We have created a painting inspired by the works of Paul Klee and Alighiero Boetti using letters of the alphabet as a pretext to create … Read more
Prints inspired by the Matisse’s drawings
The graphic work of Matisse, the highest representative of the “Fauve” French, offers a variety of beautiful designs made with very few stylized lines, to … Read more
“Expressionist” portraits
After studying the art of the Expressionists with the Year 9 we drew our pictures changing radically the colors and features … we understood that … Read more
Keith Haring T-shirts
With some of the students’ 8th year we decorated T-shirts with the colors for the fabric. What better inspiration we could choose, if not the … Read more
The strength of colors: we interpret Van Gogh and Gauguin
These two extraordinary artists have made us realize how powerful can be the colors, such feelings can tell, what emotions can be expressed. With students … Read more
The still lifes by Giorgio Morandi
With pupils of year 8 we studied a great Italian painter of the 1900s, Giorgio Morandi, with his still lifes full of quiet solitude, and … Read more