Portraits: Women in Science
An interdisciplinary project with citizenship education and science, involved the 7th grade students in working on the digital processing of the portrait. First of all, … Read more
Flower field in complementary colors
A very interesting topic of color theory is the complementary colours, colors that are opposite to each other in the Itten circle, which when put … Read more
Murals for our School
Throughout the 2023-24 school year, students worked to create a large mural on the walls of our school. From this year we are organized into … Read more
Abstract drawings from microscope
Discussing ABSTRACTISM with 8th grade students we understood how there can be an abstract PAINTING but also an abstract SCULPTURE, or a PHOTOGRAPH that does … Read more
Collage inspired by Depero’s “Plastic Ballets”
With the 8th grade students we studied the topic of Futurism in painting and sculpture and we observed the multifaceted works of Fortunato Depero. This … Read more
Butterflies in warm & cool colors
In these digital drawings created with with 6th Grade students, we worked on the concepts of STYLIZATION and INTERPRETATION of the image.The photographic image has … Read more
Black & white animal on tonal gradation
With 6th grade students we worked on the theme of achromatic colors and tonal gradations, and we created these paintings with tempera paint to practice … Read more
Rainbow fish
To paint this rainbow fish we only used the primary colors as in the construction of the color wheel. First we drew a fish on … Read more
Pinch-pot ceramic little fish
To make these little fish we created a small cup with the pich-pot technique. From a clay ball of 4-5 cm in diameter, you obtain … Read more
The painting technique of the Impressionists
With the 8th grade students we made tempera copies of paintings by Claude Monet, the great Impressionist painter. We imitated his technique made of small … Read more
The still lifes of Felice Casorati: chiaroscuro copy
For this exercise on chiaroscuro we took inspiration from the still lifes of Felice Casorati (Italy 1883 – 1963). Casorati is one of the most … Read more
Red shoes to say: STOP violence against women
November 25th is the “International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women”. This is an anniversary established by the United Nations General Assembly in … Read more