Mixed media landscape inspired by Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh is alwais intriguing for students, because of his fame, his unfortunate life and his revolution in painting. With students of 8th grade … Read more
Street Art Puppets
In a beautiful workshop about Street Art, made with the third class at the MART museum in Rovereto (Trento, Italy) we drew these drawings, imagining that … Read more
Our local Impressionists
The best way to understand the Impressionist’s technique is to imitate it, in front of a real natural landscape. With students of grade 8th, we … Read more
Watercolor landscapes in the style of Paul Klee
Looking at the lines in the nature and the use of the lines in the art, we of course came to consider the work of … Read more
The cube: worksheets and 5 suggestions
A simple cube can be the inspiration for great works of art, such as those “Op Art” by Victor Vasarely. Starting from a cube, or … Read more
A fantastic symmetric insect
Every day we see symmetrical shapes, that we can find both in nature and in the works of man. We were inspired by the insects’ … Read more
Photographs inspired by Series Paintings of Monet
I asked my students to observe the paintings that Claude Monet painted in series. We tried to grasp the differences of light, shade and color, … Read more
Nativity in the style of Romero Britto
For this Christmas we decided to participate in a contest of cribs that takes place in our town. With the students of 6th grade, in … Read more
Paul Klee Collage: 5 worksheets
Five printable worksheets that reproduce some famous works by Paul Klee with one thing in common: all five paintings evoke the LANDSCAPES using the LINE … Read more
A lot of dots for a painting
With students of the sixth grade, we observed that the smallest element of visual language is the POINT. Is it possible to make a work … Read more
Name in Graffiti style
The eighth-graders have received with great enthusiasm the proposal to write their name in graffiti style, even though at the beginning they did not think … Read more
Mii like me
It’s very common among teens, creating “avatar” characters, in video games or social networks. These minifigures are used to represent yourself into a game or … Read more