Prints in radial symmetry with styrofoam
Small prints made with styrofoam matrices to experience the radial symmetry. This type of symmetry is based on the principle of rotation of an element, … Read more
Photographs inspired by Series Paintings of Monet
I asked my students to observe the paintings that Claude Monet painted in series. We tried to grasp the differences of light, shade and color, … Read more
Art Bloggers at Affordable Art Fair in Milan
The photographer Elena Datrino offered me a unique opportunity: to participate in a photo shooting during the ‘Affordable Art Fair in Milan, on 20 March 2015. This fair was … Read more
Pictures of a still life
After talking of “still life” in art, I asked students to 7th grade, to take a picture of inanimate objects, giving them some quick instructions … Read more
Pattern with radial drawings
In Architecture and Design, a Pattern is a decorative design, as for wallpapers, made up of elements in a regular arrangement. Using the drawings in radial … Read more
Photography: “home life”
After referring about the advent of photography and its influence on impressionist painting, the eighth-grade students have took photos of normal moments at home, following … Read more
Editing a photo in Andy Warhol’s style
As we have seen in previous posts dedicated to the program GIMP 2, there are many ways to draw up and edit a photograph. With … Read more
Watercolors inspired by Michael Craig-Martin
After observing and commenting on the works of the contemporary artist Michael Craig-Martin, each student in grade 8 took a picture of five or six small objects … Read more
Edit a landscape’s picture in Van Gogh style
Always with our open source program for creating and editing digital images called Gimp2 we edited a landscape’s picture in the style of Vincent Van … Read more
Bicycle textured
The students of Year 6th have decorated with textures some drawing details of a bicycle. Everyone chose a detail and colored each area with colored … Read more
Today in Bristol
Today I tried to capture the main colours of this grey-autumnal afternoon in Bristol, and arrange a composition with these lines, shapes and colours…
Visiting Bath
The light and the sky were the protagonists this morning in Bath; I’m fascinated to compose square details with curved lines, horizontal or vertical shapes, … Read more