Video Tutorial: The illusion of space
There are six easy ways to make our three-dimensional drawings and give the illusion of depth and space; through these six tips we could see … Read more
Create animated banners with Presenter
Presenter is a simple online program for creating presentations or animated banners … It is very interesting and easy to use, so much so that … Read more
Rolled zentangles!
With students of grade 8 we are still working on lights and shadows and gradations. We drew these Zentangles as ancient parchments rolled, using fantasy … Read more
Friedrich in gradation
The Romantic works of Friedrich lend themselves to an interpretation of the landscape that can be divided into a value scale. In these two exercises … Read more
Small Kandinsky with oil pastels
After looking at some abstract works of art, painted from the beginning of the twentieth century, we have tried the technique of oil pastels to … Read more
We paint! instructions for use
We begin to paint in our Art room that is (sich…) without sinks and without adequate facilities for carrying out laboratory activities. With students we … Read more
Exercises in shade and gradations to the new folders
In classes of 8th grade we started to practice with the shades and gradations in the drawings that will be used for the cover of … Read more
A portrait by Picasso made with collage
In this exercise, one of the famous Cubist portraits painted by Picasso has been made with collage, using different kinds of paper (colored tissue paper, … Read more
Lego Avatar
Here’s another fun way to learn about the guys who start the year 8 and to get some clues about their personality: I invited each … Read more
Tiles imprinted with pasta
A simple and brilliant idea to be realized at school with clay slabs: colored tiles imprinted with different shapes of pasta. Farfalle, penne, fusilli or spaghetti … Read more
Compose a Picasso’s head … on-line!
A fun on-line program to achieve our personal portrait in the cubist style of Picasso. The site is called PICASSO HEAD and with some tools of graphics … Read more
The paper necklaces
My friend Alessandra Tombesi suggested to me this work that she has created for the market of the school and that was very much appreciated. … Read more