Tempera landscapes
Here some landscape’s copies painting with acrylic paint by grade 8 students (seconda media).
Jazz band Pop-Up
A simple Pop-Up that is possible to make with children: the “Jazz band” is a stair cut from an old score, you just follow the … Read more
how to draw a figure
My son Paolo made this little video with iMovie. He did it all by himself and I thought it might be interesting to boys of … Read more
Street Art in my back yard
I tried the Anamorphosis technique in my courtyard for a 3D effect, It’s very funny! I prepared a little project on paper and I used … Read more
Antique houses on old pages
Old pages and a black ink pen is all that we need for draw. The houses are from different countries, the style and the features … Read more
Still life with oil pastels
A simple exercise to learn lights, shadow and colour shades. You draw some shapes like bottles, spheres, cups, cylinders and then you colour them with … Read more
Clone Yourself!
I follow the suggestion of DIY’s Blog, and I tried to realize the photograph with Paolo and Laura “clones”. Here my result, not perfect, but … Read more
Mono Printing Workshop
On Monday 12th March I had an interesting Printing Workshop at the Oriel Q – Queens Hall Gallery in Narberth (Pembrokeshire, UK), where we experienced the mono printing and gum arabic … Read more
Landscapes from Modern Art
Here are some copies of works of art, tempera paintings by students of grade 9 (classe terza). The the theme is the landscape in Modern Art.
Caerphilly Castle’s model
Here the photographs of the real Castle of Caerphilly in Cardiff (Wales, UK), Paolo realized a model with cardboard glued on wood and polystyrene base, … Read more
Digital Painting Portrait
Through the Mini Matisse’s blog I found this blog named Know and Tell Crafts by a young blogger named Ty. There were some great tutorials and good … Read more
Tissue-paper window
Inspired to stained-glass windows, my son created this work to represent a St. David’s life episode. He drew a very simple and stylized scene, with … Read more