original aboriginal abc
Third year students began researching and representing the North American Indian Alphabet – an instant visual vocabulary of the family, animals and events of native tribal life. Working with a […]
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a sea of new thoughts
At school we use the frottage technique to create a sea of colour, pattern and effects. First year Middle School pupils used leaves and other materials to create a forest […]
babyteeth!
A middle school portrait class based on the graphic design superstar Milton Glaser. Babyteeth is the name of the typeface invented by Glaser. Milton Glaser also created the famous I […]
draw to learn (and not the other way around)
A visual narrative of everyday objects. Lots of little things everywhere, but what are they? Many of them can be held in the hand, or even hidden. They are common, […]
twist n shout!
“Twist n Shout” by the the Beatles, the perfect lyrics for a post about Mandala making. Well, shake it up, baby, now (Shake it up, baby) Twist and shout (Twist […]
bodymapping – the respiratory system
Art and anatomy project. There are many ways Art and Science can work together at school, and this is one of our experiments. Second year pupils at Collegio Villoresi were […]
in memory of munari
Meet 3c! A group of fantastic third year Middle School pupils! Here we are researching and exploring the world of symmetry c/o our new friend Bruno Munari. The first step was […]
peaceful pictures
Back to black. First year classes 1c and 1b worked with white pencil to create feathery textures using curved strokes. Here are a few excerpts from the bible to accompany […]
a piece of wire…
Spirals, springs and other things in the middle school creative lab. You can make lots of things with wire, and so we did: rings, necklaces, bracelets, flowers and decorative shapes. […]
batcats and other beasts
First year pupils had fun creating a mythological zoo. We experimented with our marker strokes and made our fantasy batcats and other creatures come alive! The technical term for these hybrid […]
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