Painting the background to create the figure
Is fascinating to understand the relationship between figure and background in a picture: did you know that our brain cannot perceive the figure and the … Read more
Textured flowers: collaborative project
Working on the textures we painted these flowers with the 6th grade students. We practiced lots of different textures, using tempera painting with different tools, … Read more
Mixed media landscape inspired by Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh is alwais intriguing for students, because of his fame, his unfortunate life and his revolution in painting. With students of 8th grade … Read more
Street Art Puppets
In a beautiful workshop about Street Art, made with the third class at the MART museum in Rovereto (Trento, Italy) we drew these drawings, imagining that … Read more
Tonal and chromatic gradations for a landscape
The tonal gradations are made by adding white or black to a color. In this way we work on light and dark shades of that … Read more
Prints in radial symmetry with styrofoam
Small prints made with styrofoam matrices to experience the radial symmetry. This type of symmetry is based on the principle of rotation of an element, … Read more
Design a chair: worksheet
With this simple worksheet from arteascuola.com, we can experiment the meaning of the design: change the shape of an object while maintaining its function. Every … Read more
Our local Impressionists
The best way to understand the Impressionist’s technique is to imitate it, in front of a real natural landscape. With students of grade 8th, we … Read more
Watercolor landscapes in the style of Paul Klee
Looking at the lines in the nature and the use of the lines in the art, we of course came to consider the work of … Read more
The cube: worksheets and 5 suggestions
A simple cube can be the inspiration for great works of art, such as those “Op Art” by Victor Vasarely. Starting from a cube, or … Read more
So many goldfish! Prints with styrofoam
To create this shoal of goldfish, immersed in a blue lake, we made some prints by matrices in Styrofoam (polystyrene for foodstuffs). What better way … Read more
Also this year is Arteascuola the Best Art Blog 2015!
Also this year in Arte a Scuola.com confirms the success in the contest for the best website of Art Class of 2015! Arteascuola.com is officially … Read more