After drawing a composition in radial symmetry following the steps you can find HERE in a previous lesson, we took a picture and insert it in a Google Slide grid, shared in Google Classroom. Here … [Read more...]
Find texture around you
September 25, 2020 by Leave a Comment
After understanding what a texture is, we considered how artists use the representation of surfaces to visually show the tactile sensation of an object. I challenged my students to find the textures … [Read more...]
Abstractionism with Google Drawing
September 2, 2020 by 2 Comments
After observing some famous abstract paintings, students created some digital images with Google Drawing. They started from the background, putting in the frame some shapes, then they have overlapped … [Read more...]
Create a Poster for a Surrealist Exhibition
May 18, 2020 by Leave a Comment
I apologize if the activity is in Italian, but you can still guess what this activity consists of. My 8th-grade students created a poster for a surrealist exhibition, working remotely in groups of … [Read more...]
A monochrome picture with #hashtag
May 2, 2020 by Leave a Comment
I sent my students chasing colors around the house, they took a MONOCHROME photo by grouping a series of objects on a colored background, all of the same color. The next step was to upload the photo … [Read more...]
Video Tutorial: Cubism with pencils and coffee
April 8, 2020 by Leave a Comment
You need just a drawing paper, some colored pencils and an espresso ( a very short coffee) to create this still life in the style of CUBISM. Cubism was a revolutionary new approach to representing … [Read more...]
Create a Color Wheel with objects
March 30, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Going on with online teaching and learning I suggested a challenge to my students who don't have at home all the art supplies we usually have at school. I did an online lesson about the color wheel … [Read more...]
Video tutorial: one-point perspective winter landscape
March 26, 2020 by Leave a Comment
In this difficult moment due to isolation for the coronavirus, we and our students must stay safe at home. As teachers, we can just suggest some simple tasks with basic art supplies through online … [Read more...]
Stop Motion Workshop
June 5, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This Year we had the great opportunity to collaborate with two theatre directors Jacopo Laurino and Elena Galvani of Stradanova Slow Theatre creating the scenic desing for a play. The play was freely … [Read more...]
Video tutorial: two-colors print
April 9, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Here below an useful video tutorial created by Chad Brown for his YouTube channel theartproject.com . He shows clearly how to create the two-colors prints inspired by German … [Read more...]
