Discover the hidden poems
On a page of an old book you draw any object and choose some word in order to create a little poem… You’ll be surprised … Read more
Queen Elizabeth I: the story in 2 minutes
Here is a video created by Paolo and Laura ( two of my children…). Laura’s homework was to create some project about the Queen Elizabeth … Read more
Inspired by the Kandinsky’s landscapes
From a photo of a simple landscape, I tried to inspire my paintings in the style of Kandinsky. He painted many landscapes, where it is … Read more
Ancient portrait with mixed media
This portrait of the King Henry VIII was copied from the original picture with a pencil on a white sheet, then it was colored and … Read more
Modigliani style with oil pastels
Modigliani’s portraits are so characteristic that it is easy to copy them! Here is a simple technique with pencil, oil pastels and baby oil … Read more
Lights and shadows sharp
With the students of grade 8 (classe seconda B) we worked on the lights and shadows in the photograph. With the tracing paper and colored … Read more
Inspired by Caspar David Friedrich
Giulia D. With students of grade9 (classi terze) we studied the Romantic Painters of 19th-Century, like Turner, Delacroix, Gericault and Friedrich. After the Romanticism lesson … Read more
Face proportions
Stelina K. Following the proportions in the figure below and my instructions on the blackboard, every student drew his own character! They didn’t copy a … Read more
Striped bottles and vases
michela l. Another exercise in light and shade for classes 2 (grade 7-8), made with colored pencils. When the bottles and jars are colorful, they are … Read more
Zentangle hand on a value background
With students of Class 2A we did the same exercise of the previous post with Zentangle Flower, but we tried another subject: every students decorated … Read more
Three ways to shade
Students in the grade7 (classe 2B) have tried three different types of shading with a pencil: 1) HATCHING: with different pressure of the pencil, 2) … Read more
Silhouette on colorful gradation
Student of grade 9 (class 3B), learned to use acrylic colours, mixing them to get colour gradations. Then they painted a black silhouette on the … Read more