The Silent Still Lifes of Giorgio Morandi
With our 7th-grade classes (Grade 7), we explored the poetic universe of Giorgio Morandi, immersing ourselves in his still lifes made of silence and suspension. … Read more
Large paintings by Post-impressionist artists
Steal Like an Artist: Copying the Post-Impressionist Masters In this workshop, we challenged ourselves by copying the Great Masters, a fundamental artistic practice to master … Read more
Digital Tropical Landscapes: Following in Gauguin’s Footsteps
In this workshop, we let ourselves be inspired by the rebellious and visionary figure of Paul Gauguin. We explored how the artist spent his life … Read more
Inspired by Monet: Water Lilies with Pastels
Monet’s Water Lilies with artist-grade soft pastels In this workshop, we explored the chromatic universe of Claude Monet, focusing on his famous Water Lilies series. … Read more
Final Exams: 2025 Projects
As every year, I’m pleased to share the works created by the students for their middle school final exam.Starting from a central theme that guided … Read more
The walking puppet inspired by Depero
In 1915, Giacomo Balla and Fortunato Depero signed the Manifesto “Futurist Reconstruction of the Universe,” a text that marked the beginning of a new phase … Read more
The Portrait in Modern Art: Small Copies
We have already experienced how useful it is to copy styles and techniques from artists, this time with the Year 7Th students we studied the … Read more
Surrealist Games with Artificial Intelligence
The famous “Exquisite corpse” (from the original French term cadavre exquis, literally exquisite cadaver) is a method by which a collection of words or images is collectively … Read more
Final Exams 2024
I publish the works created by students for their eighth grade exams. Starting from a central topic on which the oral exam was developed, each … Read more
Abstract drawings from microscope
Discussing ABSTRACTISM with 8th grade students we understood how there can be an abstract PAINTING but also an abstract SCULPTURE, or a PHOTOGRAPH that does … Read more
Collage inspired by Depero’s “Plastic Ballets”
With the 8th grade students we studied the topic of Futurism in painting and sculpture and we observed the multifaceted works of Fortunato Depero. This … Read more
The painting technique of the Impressionists
With the 8th grade students we made tempera copies of paintings by Claude Monet, the great Impressionist painter. We imitated his technique made of small … Read more