Depiction of a portrait: Matisse vs Kirchner
Observing the Expressionist artworks of the early 20th century, my students and I compared the French Expressionism of Matisse’s Fauvism with the German Expressionism of … Read more
Final exams 2020
In this unusual year, with the schools closed for Covid-19, with distance learning, with the desire to feel close despite the obligation of the lockdown, … Read more
Create a Poster for a Surrealist Exhibition
I apologize if the activity is in Italian, but you can still guess what this activity consists of. My 8th-grade students created a poster for … Read more
Video Tutorial: Cubism with pencils and coffee
You need just a drawing paper, some colored pencils and an espresso ( a very short coffee) to create this still life in the style … Read more
Patterns inspired by Takashi Murakami
This great lesson was created by the art teacher Marco Farinelli. I share this interesting work and the images of the work step by step. … Read more
Final Exams 2019
I post just now my students’ works which were created for the final exams of the previous school year. I hope these works will be … Read more
Symmetrical Masks
Working on symmetry with 6th Grade students we created these masks inspired by ancient African, Inca and Aztec masks. To create these masks we need … Read more
The Starry Night in a big mosaic
With some 7th Grade students who attend the afternoon workshop we made this huge mosaic inspired by the famous Starry Night painted by van Gogh … Read more
Two-colors prints inspired by Expressionist Xylograph
These two-colors prints were made by 9th grade students with a printing plate called Adigraf, a soft and easily workable rubber. First, we drew an … Read more
Video tutorial: two-colors print
Here below an useful video tutorial created by Chad Brown for his YouTube channel theartproject.com . He shows clearly how to create the two-colors prints inspired by German … Read more
ancient Langobardian Jewels
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 … Read more
Sneaker Design
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 … Read more