Van Gogh at my place
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 … Read more
Artist Trading Cards 2019: Souvenir from Trentino (ITALY)
Here we are, ready for the 4th Annual Artist Trading Card Swap! This year for the Artist Trading Card Global Swap 2019 we thought about our beautiful … Read more
Mixed Media Landscape
Working in pairs students Students of Grade 6th created these mixed media landscape. First we measure the drawing paper with a ruler and draw 6 … Read more
Final exams 2018
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
Tree in Warm & Cool colors
In this mixed media painting we used oil pastels and watercolors in order to learn the ranges of warm and cool colors. With students of … Read more
Romanesque pop-up Cathedral
A new and interesting idea from the art teacher Giovanni Perdicchia, who has already published on this website an activity about art works and photography. These … Read more
Landscape and emotions
Is it possible that a landscape can trigger our emotions? Facing a real landscape, photographed or painted, we can experience different moods that inspire our … Read more
Final Exams 2017
Paintings, stained glass, prints, drawings, mosaic, collage, plastic and wood sculptures, mixed media projects… This year for the final exams students of the 8th Grade … Read more
Hall in one point perspective
To understand the rules of the one point perspective awe created this work in mixed media. It’s a big hall, with a huge window overlooking … Read more
Village in warm & cool colors
The view of a small village, with houses lumped together, is a nice way to learn and create warm & cool colors. Half of the village is surrounded … Read more
Printing Expressionist Houses
At the beginning of Twentieth Century the art movements of Expressionists in Germany and Fauves in France bring an important news in the field of … Read more
The copy as instrument of knowledge
Since forever in the history of art, every artist is used to copying the other artists’ work, especially the work of the ancient masters. This … Read more