Warm and cool colors for a still life
We have proposed once again a “still life” to our students of Grade 8 (12 year old). This time the subject is not painted in … Read more
Design a chair
Our Lesson on Art Nouveau was comprehensive of a research on the meaning of design: change the shape of an object while maintaining its function. … Read more
Starfish in warm and cool colors
Working on the warm and cool colors we painted these starfish with pupils in the sixth grade (11 year-old), using tempera colors. Each student chose … Read more
Art Ed Blog of the Year 2013: 9th Place!
Arte a Scuola is officially one of the top 10 Art Ed Blogs of the Year! After around 3,000 votes were cast, my blog was … Read more
Working on Britto’s works
Romero Britto is a BrazilianNeo-pop artist, painter, serigrapher, and sculptor. He combines elements of cubism, pop art and graffiti painting in his work. With the pupils of … Read more
Is the Art classroom too noisy?
I have always some trouble in the management of noise in the Art classroom also because I realize that the kids feel (and are) actually … Read more
Cakes inspired by Wayne Thiebaud
Wayne Thiebaud is an American artist who worked in the ’60s. He is often associated with the Pop Art because of his choice of subjects … Read more
Free variations for Van Gogh and Gauguin
We changed the colors of Van Gogh and Gauguin, with a free interpretation of their works. After observing the original paintings the students of Grade … Read more
Edit a landscape’s picture in Van Gogh style
Always with our open source program for creating and editing digital images called Gimp2 we edited a landscape’s picture in the style of Vincent Van … Read more
Small landscapes in warm and cool colors
In the classes of Grade 6 we continue the discovery of colors and their properties. One of these is to transmit sensations, such as those … Read more
Gradations and silhouettes with Gimp
After the lesson of the landscape in gradation designed with the open source program Gimp2, we have developed a more elaborate landscape, using gradients of … Read more
Monoprints inspired by Cézanne still life
Students of Grade 9 have created these little monoprints inspired by Cézanne’s still lives, using transparent acetate sheets as a printing plate. First the acetate … Read more