In the 7th Grade classes we spoke about Shape and Forms, Light and Shadows and Value, Chiaroscuro and Lighting in Art. The main topic was about creating the sense of volume and depth on a 2-dimensional surface. We analyzed the topic of shadows with the light source, the cast and the form shadow and how to draw three different kinds of Chiaroscuro. All these topics were summarized in a mixed media … [Read more...]
Artist Trading Cards 2019: Souvenir from Trentino (ITALY)
January 20, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Here we are, ready for the 4th Annual Artist Trading Card Swap! This year for the Artist Trading Card Global Swap 2019 we thought about our beautiful region that is Trentino Alto Adige, in the North of Italy. We like to share with hundreds of other students around the world our Nature and Culture, our typical Food, our Traditions and Sports. Our typical landscapes are surrounded by mountains, and … [Read more...]
15 Christmas Templates
December 10, 2018 by Leave a Comment
15 different silhouettes of Christmas decorations in 3 printable pdf worksheets. You can decorate the templates in different ways, with colored patterns, zentangle, or use them as decorations for the Christmas tree. Buy now Here below an example of how you can use the templates in an exercise about lines. … [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 volume. In these drawings made by 6th grade students, we traced the outlines of simple Christmas decorations from a printed template. Every student chose five or six decorations and traced them on a … [Read more...]
Value Cubes
December 9, 2018 by Leave a Comment
After a lesson about Value as one of the Element of Art, we painted these cubes with 7th Grade students . We used a template to draw the cubes on a drawing paper, tracing them from the worksheet with three cubes, and repeating the drawing until all the paper was full of cubes. We didn't care about the slope of the cubes, so every painting has a different incline of the whole … [Read more...]
Animals in the style of Fortunato Depero
November 18, 2018 by Leave a Comment
With students of Grade 7th we studied the Elements of art like Shape and Forms and, at the same time, we observed the works of Fortunato Depero, an important Artist representative of the Italian Futurism (1892-1960). His particular way to stylize and simplify the animals in simple geometrical shapes, inspired us to create these fantastic animals. First we took a cue from animals templates and … [Read more...]
3-D Geometric Paper Shapes with Patterns
October 30, 2018 by 1 Comment
After doing a lesson about Shapes and Forms as elements of art my colleague Francesca Dallago created these 3-D solids with Grade 7th students. They traced the lines on a white cardboard (220 gr/sq meter) and cut out the templates. Then they decorated the templates with black & white different patterns, one on every face of the solid. After that they folded and glue the paper to create the … [Read more...]
Best 25 Kids Art Bloggers: arteascuola is on the list!
September 27, 2018 by Leave a Comment
The Best Kids Art Blogs from thousands of Artistic blogs for Kids by teachers on the web using search and social metrics. Have a look at the web sites list HERE. Arteascuola.com is among these websites that are actively working to educate, inspire, and empower their readers with frequent updates and high-quality information. These blogs are ranked based on following criteria: - Google … [Read more...]
Like tissues at the microscope: video tutorial
March 6, 2018 by Leave a Comment
I'm glad to show here below a great video tutorial from theartproject chad brown. Chad Brown is an art teacher who created this tutorial for his students, to explain this project in his class. He has made the video of the process and his students use it to make their pieces. This is a great idea and I look forward to watching other Chad's video. Have a look at he video and enjoy! In order … [Read more...]
Romanesque pop-up Cathedral
February 27, 2018 by Leave a Comment
A new and interesting idea from the art teacher Giovanni Perdicchia, who has already published on this website an activity about art works and photography. These Romanesque pop-up Cathedrals have been created by his 7th grade students. The schools involved are the Middle School of di Racale, and the Middle School of Alliste, in the province of Lecce, in Italy. After studying the Romanesque and … [Read more...]
