Creativity in the classroom and in life
The Romantic works of Friedrich lend themselves to an interpretation of the landscape that can be divided into a value scale. In these two exercises Friedrich's paintings were traced on tracing paper with a pencil and the drawing thus obtained was then traced on a white sheet. We started with acrylic paint starting from the lightest color and then we added more and more blue, to get the blue … [Read more...]
The last work carried with the children of Cherry Garden Primary School in Bristol has been the realization of the scenery for the play of a modern Cinderella in love with a rock star. The two scenes had to represent a country road and the kitchen of Cinderella and were painted by the kids 11 years old with acrylics on fabric. Here we can see the phases of design, with the grid of the image, … [Read more...]
We prepared some Polars Landscapes painting with watercolors or gouache. We used several simple techniques to create different textures in order to achieve various effects in the landscape. This exercise is inspired by the amazing blog of Gail Bartel: That artist woman. Each student tries techniques on different sheets and then the sheets shall be cut and shared to create different landscapes … [Read more...]
From a photo of a simple landscape, I tried to inspire my paintings in the style of Kandinsky. He painted many landscapes, where it is recognizable the style that characterizes his abstract painting. We can see the lines which surround the stylized shapes of the landscape, and the colors that are not realistic. You could do this lesson with students year 8 and 9, but also with younger pupils! The … [Read more...]
Giulia D. With students of grade9 (classi terze) we studied the Romantic Painters of 19th-Century, like Turner, Delacroix, Gericault and Friedrich. After the Romanticism lesson we painted some pictures inspired by Friedrich’s works of art with acrylic colours. We applied the same method as previous painting (Silhouette on colorful gradations) but with different color scales for the figures. … [Read more...]
White shapes on black cardboard, an exercise on positive and negative spaces. … [Read more...]
We started copying a city landscape from an Egon Schiele’s work of art. His technique is black crayon and oil painting on canvan. To imitate the texture we can draw with black charcoal on paper, and then fill the spaces with white acrylic, spreading a thick layer of colour. When acrylic is dry we can colour the landscape with watercolor, moping the colour with a tissue … [Read more...]
Here some landscape’s copies painting with acrylic paint by grade 8 students (seconda media). … [Read more...]
Here are some copies of works of art, tempera paintings by students of grade 9 (classe terza). The the theme is the landscape in Modern Art. … [Read more...]
Some of my photographs I took on the road … [Read more...]
I’m an Italian art teacher and I'm glad to teach now in a Middle School of North Italy. This blog is a place to share, swap, and explore lessons, educational systems, techniques and creations in other art classrooms around the world. [...]
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