Facial expressions
After the lesson about the face’s proportion, my students of 9th Grade have drawn facial expressions, copying from each other expressions or comic’s characters. I … Read more
Collage Matisse’s style
Inspired to Matisse’s collage, the students of 9th grade realized this collage starting from a magazine picture of any whole figure. This figure has been … Read more
Mexican sun
Inspired by the Mexican pottery this “sun” is made from a slab of clay leaned on an upturned plate, then cut and shaped. After preparing … Read more
Value exercise
I used simple cardboards, black and coloured, even sheets of coloured papers could be good. First, I drawn the scrolls on the coloured cardboards with … Read more
Free interpretation of a still life
With students of grade 8 we analyzed the still life in the paintings of modern art. Starting with a photographic image or real objects the … Read more
The faces – masks
Starting from the proportions of the face we saw in a previous lesson, the students have designed the masks and painted with tempera, alternating warm … Read more
Mini badges with drawing pins
Laura has made these badges to give them to her classmates. The idea comes from my memory of my secondary school when, at the end … Read more
Still life: details from Modern Art
These small paintings were copied from paintings of modern art, where painters such as Matisse, Picasso, Cezanne and Morandi have dealt with the theme of … Read more
Bas-reliefs of animals
The bas-reliefs were made starting from a slab of clay of 3 cm. After drawing the subject on the clay the students have dug the … Read more
Painting moving figures
After building a dummy cardboard jointed, students of 8th grade choose a pose, a sport or movement, and drew the outline of the cardboard … Read more
The human figure: the right proportions
Often, if we ask our kids to draw a figure, it is built according to proportions intuitive, motivated by the idea of ”figure” that is … Read more
Plates decorated with acrylic paint
I piatti in “biscotto” bianchi (non smaltati) si possono decorare a tempera e si imita l’effetto “ceramica” con una vernice acrilica applicata sul lavoro finito… … Read more