Spring Landscape in One Point Perspective
Let’s re-propose the landscape that we can see in this video tutorial in a new spring version: We draw the same sequence of lines starting … Read more
Rainbow Umbrellas: mixed media drawing with video tutorial
With 6th grade students we made this mixed media drawing that summarizes the knowledge learned so far about the chromatic circle, the achromatic colors and … Read more
Small museum of fallen leaves
For this activity we were inspired by Antonio Catalano’s small picture book “Museum of Fallen Leaves” (advertising link). With this book the author guides us … Read more
I’m an Artist!
This activity is inspired by the picture book “I’m an Artist” by Marta Altes. We read this book with the 6th grade students and we … Read more
Final Exams 2022
Also this year I am happy to publish my students’ works for Middle School Final Exams (8th grade). Starting from a topic on which the … Read more
Cover of a Horror short story
In collaboration with the literature teacher Claudia Paternoster in a 7th Grade class, we created the covers of horror short stories written by the students. … Read more
Painting a Coffee Moka with patterns
With the 6th Grade students we worked on the definition of textures and patterns and on their differences: textures imitate surfaces giving visible and tactile … 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
Small Value Scale Landscapes with video tutorial
These small landscapes have been painted with watercolors, by 7th-grade students after a lesson about landscape and the representation of space with value scale. Here … 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
Girl with rainbow fan and video tutorial
Here an idea to work on the color wheel and the color theory with watercolors. A fan with the colors of the rainbow held by … 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