Working on symmetry with 6th Grade students we created these masks inspired by ancient African, Inca and Aztec masks. To create these masks we need tracing paper, drawing paper, a pencil, tape, … [Read more...]
Cute or Scary monster?
June 18, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This activity is inspired by this nice video "How to draw a Scary Cute monster (Folding Surprise)" ( For those of you who don't know I suggest this interesting YouTube channel Art for Kids Hub). … [Read more...]
Sneaker Design
March 10, 2019 by Leave a Comment
In this drawing activity students of Grade 8th worked on design and the function of object. We designed a sneaker starting using a template you can buy here below in order to create a personal and … [Read more...]
Practicing Chiaroscuro with colors
March 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment
To practice different ways of Chiaroscuro technique we shaded the negative space of a simple three-letters word. The words (positive space) are in white, while the background (negative space) is … [Read more...]
Christmas decorations with lines
December 10, 2018 by Leave a Comment
The Christmas decorations are drawn to look three-dimensional using cross-contour lines. Through the combination of colored parallel lines and cross-contour lines we create an optical illusion of … [Read more...]
Animals in the style of Fortunato Depero
November 18, 2018 by Leave a Comment
With 7th grade students we studied the Elements of Art like Shape and Forms while we also observed the works of Fortunato Depero, an important Artist of Italian Futurism (1892-1960). His way of … [Read more...]
New works inspired by Harold Hollingsworth
October 3, 2018 by Leave a Comment
For a while I’ve been following, with admiration and esteem, the work of Harold Hollingsworth a contemporary artist from Seattle, Washington. In his most recent works he embellished his paintings … [Read more...]
A suit for Ghali
September 21, 2018 by 1 Comment
Ghali is a young Italian rapper loved by my students. He usually wears colorful jackets, shirts and suits. We created a collection of suits for him while we were working on patterns. First we created … [Read more...]
Shoe Design
April 11, 2018 by 2 Comments
After designing chairs, table lamps and wall clocks I had the idea of designing a shoe. With my students of 8th Grade I had a lesson about the history and evolution of Design. We have looked at some … [Read more...]
Emotions in abstract compositions
February 18, 2018 by 2 Comments
Composing a visual image consists of arranging and placing the elements on a support or in the composing space. This means arranging the elements of the image and giving them ORDER and UNITY. A … [Read more...]
