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 Kirchner. We looked for … [Read more...]
Abstractionism with Google Drawing
September 2, 2020 by Leave a Comment
After observing some famous abstract paintings, students created some digital images with Google Drawing. They started from the background, putting in the frame some shapes, then they have overlapped … [Read more...]
Final exams 2020
June 25, 2020 by Leave a Comment
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, with everything we missed from school, we … [Read more...]
Video Tutorial: Cubism with pencils and coffee
April 8, 2020 by Leave a Comment
You need just a drawing paper, some colored pencils and an espresso ( a very short coffee) to create this still life in the style of CUBISM. Cubism was a revolutionary new approach to representing … [Read more...]
Final Exams 2019
November 6, 2019 by Leave a Comment
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 an inspiration for the students who are attending their last year of … [Read more...]
The Starry Night in a big mosaic
May 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
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 in 1889. This mosaic is made by tiles and colored glass … [Read more...]
Video tutorial: two-colors print
April 9, 2019 by Leave a Comment
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...]
Van Gogh at my place
February 11, 2019 by Leave a Comment
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 Van Gogh. First every student … [Read more...]
Video Tutorial: Van Gogh at My Place
February 10, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Here's another effective video tutorial from THEARTPROJECT of Chad Brown. In the video you can find all the steps and clear explanations about how to create these mixed media paintings inspired by the … [Read more...]
Animals in the style of Fortunato Depero
November 18, 2018 by Leave a Comment
With 7th grade students we studied the Elements of Art like Shape and Forms while we also observed the works of Fortunato Depero, an important Artist of Italian Futurism (1892-1960). His way of … [Read more...]
