Tropical landscape inspired by Gauguin
Here we have a tropical landscape in the style of Gauguin, with stylized shapes, precise outlines, unnatural contrasting colors, and solid colors. These designs were … Read more
Drawing a female face
With 8th grade students, we have created a pencil drawing of a woman’s face, starting from a geometric model in order to have the correct … Read more
Symmetrical Name
In 6th grade classes we have worked on the symmetry, by writing our name and by drawing it four times in a square shape. Also … Read more
Free doodles!
A really simple exercise that helps children to get rid of the stereotypes of the drawing and to have fun with colors. The line of … Read more
Matisse on the cabinet!
What an idea! A large collage with adhesive paper to decorate the cabinets of art room! Which artist, if not Matisse, can give us the inspiration … Read more
Rainbow banners
This exercise is carrying on the project about the color theory. The painting is based on the color’s wheel and the complementary colors. With students … Read more
Watercolors inspired by Michael Craig-Martin
After observing and commenting on the works of the contemporary artist Michael Craig-Martin, each student in grade 8 took a picture of five or six small objects … Read more
Inspired by Matisse Cut-Outs
An important exhibition in 2014 at the Tate Modern in London was dedicated to a giant of modern art Henri Matisse (Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs, 17 April … Read more
Warm and cool colors for a still life
We have proposed once again a “still life” to our students of Grade 8 (12 year old). This time the subject is not painted in … Read more
Starfish in warm and cool colors
Working on the warm and cool colors we painted these starfish with pupils in the sixth grade (11 year-old), using tempera colors. Each student chose … Read more
Landscapes in gradation with Gimp2
In classes of Grade 8th we are learning to use “Gimp”, an open source program for creating and editing digital images. This is a photo … Read more
The color wheel in a square
In the classes of Grade level 6, we are studying the color wheel. What better way to learn color theory that putting it into practice? … Read more