Creativity in the classroom and in life
We're still working on the different ways to represent the illusion of space, and in the 8th grade classes we have created this collage, drawing tubes striped, circular or square, with colored pencils. Applying shading to these objects we added the three-dimensional effect. We cut out the tubes, and then we glued them on black cardboard, so that seemed a bunch of piled tubes. I think it's very … [Read more...]
To begin to understand the nature of light and shadow we have drawn with pencil the shades of a group of objects, a so-called "still life", with gradations. Some students of Year 8 have also experienced the shades with crossed lines (hatching), showing some skill! The background was decorated with felt-tip pens, with an abstract design where everyone has expressed freely his style. This contrast … [Read more...]
In a parcel sent to my home I found these polystyrene-foam packaging peanuts and I thought how to use them, instead of throwing them away! So we used them as a stamp to print flower petals, and here is our flowery meadow! … [Read more...]
michela l. Another exercise in light and shade for classes 2 (grade 7-8), made with colored pencils. When the bottles and jars are colorful, they are glued on a new sheet in a free composition where you have to pay attention to the shapes that are ahead and those who are behind. After pasting the bottles you draw the cast shadow with a pencil. camilla … [Read more...]
With the class 1B (grade 6 and 7) I repeated the exercise of the previous lesson about textures painted with tempera colours “a cup of fantasy”. I only changed the subject of the painting with an Italian Moka instead of a cup! So we now have the moka, the cup and the coffee! paint the background with plain colours when the surface is dry, add the texture … [Read more...]
Students in the grade7 (classe 2B) have tried three different types of shading with a pencil: 1) with different pressure of the pencil, 2) with crossed lines, 3) with overlapped scrawls. Afterwards they colored the background with markers, drawing free shapes and lines with negative and positive spaces. Eventually we pasted the drawing on an colored paper to create a … [Read more...]
Funny cups painted with tempera! This is a good exercise to learn how many textures you can paint with tempera colours, and how many ways there are to use use a paintbrush. Enjoy! paint the background with plain colours when the surface is dry, add the texture create your own texture! use at least two colors for … [Read more...]
I used pizza’s box like a potential canvas substitute and i covered it with newspaper. I drew some details of common objects with a black marker, filling the entire surface. I drew the objects in the style of Michael Craig-Martin. Then I painted some areas with acrylic solid colours. Here some details of Michael Craig-Martin’s works of art … [Read more...]
A simple exercise to learn lights, shadow and colour shades. You draw some shapes like bottles, spheres, cups, cylinders and then you colour them with oil pastels, blending the colours with a 3D effect. Eventually you cut the shapes and paste them on a black cardboard. … [Read more...]
With students of grade 8 we analyzed the still life in the paintings of modern art. Starting with a photographic image or real objects the pupils have painted what they saw in a new way, changing shapes, colors and backgrounds according to a pictorial interpretation free. … [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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