Silhouette in color gradations
An interesting exercise on gradations has been made in classes of grade 8° by combining a background and a silhouette painted with gradations in complementary … Read more
Warm or cool in the medieval cities
How changes the atmosphere of an ancient city if its colors are predominantly warm or cool? Here are the drawings of the students of grade … Read more
Twigs in complementary colors
With students of Grade 7, we are continuing our work on complementary colors. These sprigs have been drawn with wax crayons directly on the white … Read more
The “Fauves” in our streets
After studying the work of Fauves artists and particularly the landscapes painted by André Derain, the students of 9th Grade have produced some images inspired by the … Read more
Flowers in complementary colors
With the students of grade 6 (11 years old) we are continuing our adventure to discover the colors. Today we worked with the complementary colors … Read more
Working on Britto’s works
Romero Britto is a BrazilianNeo-pop artist, painter, serigrapher, and sculptor. He combines elements of cubism, pop art and graffiti painting in his work. With the pupils of … Read more
Is the Art classroom too noisy?
I have always some trouble in the management of noise in the Art classroom also because I realize that the kids feel (and are) actually … Read more
Free variations for Van Gogh and Gauguin
We changed the colors of Van Gogh and Gauguin, with a free interpretation of their works. After observing the original paintings the students of Grade … Read more
Small landscapes in warm and cool colors
In the classes of Grade 6 we continue the discovery of colors and their properties. One of these is to transmit sensations, such as those … Read more
Landscapes in gradation with Gimp2
In classes of Grade 8th we are learning to use “Gimp”, an open source program for creating and editing digital images. This is a photo … Read more
The color wheel in a square
In the classes of Grade level 6, we are studying the color wheel. What better way to learn color theory that putting it into practice? … Read more
My Alien Friend!
Among the topics studied in the literature of this period by the students of grade 9 there is the literary genre of science fiction. This … Read more