Portraits inspired by Expressionism
After studying the art of the Expressionists in the 8th grade, we used portraits of famous people, distorting their colors and features. Starting from Edvard … Read more
Picasso Doves: print with craft foam
To express once again our desire for peace, we were inspired by the doves that Picasso loved to draw with a few simple strokes. We … Read more
Final Exams 2021
After this difficult school year, I’m glad to publish the final students’ works. 8th Grade classes had the final exams this week and every student … Read more
Maison d’Artiste: workshop inspired by Fabio Mauri
This workshop was realized by Claudio Cantelmi, art teacher at the middle school Alberto Manzi in Rome. The activity is inspired by the italian artist Fabio … Read more
Like an Expressionist woodcut
In this particular year, when the art room is closed, we still tried to work in the classroom with the tools available and instead of … Read more
Cubist Drawing with video tutorial
You need just a drawing paper, some colored pencils and watercolors to create this still life in the style of CUBISM. Cubism was a revolutionary new … Read more
The magic of Gustav Klimt
With 9th Grade students, we made drawings inspired by the works of Gustav Klimt, the great Viennese artist who best interprets the style of Art … Read more
Collage inspired by Degas with video tutorial
Inspired by the famous Degas’ Dancers these collages are made with brown package paper and magazine paper. To copy the main lines of the dancer … Read more
Painting inspired by Monet’s Waterlilies with video tutorial
To create this mixed media painting inspired by the famous Monet’s Waterlilies we need: a drawing sheet (24×33), a ruler, oil pastels, watercolors, a paintbrush, … Read more
Watercolor landscape inspired by Friedrich with Video Tutorial
With 8th Grade students we studied the Romanticism and its artists. We noticed as Caspar David Friedrich often paints the silhouette of characters who admire … Read more
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
Abstractionism with Google Drawing
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, … Read more