Lines express moods
Can a line be expressive? It’s the game we played with the 6th graders wondering if it was possible to express sensations, moods or emotions … Read more
Abstract square that tells about me
A new work inspired by the American artist Harold Hollingswort, who has always attracted us for a different approach to abstract art. In his works, … Read more
Big Delaunay Poster with patterns
A large poster inspired by Robert Delaunay, who with his colored circles gave us one of the most beautiful works of abstract art. The poster … Read more
Portraits inspired by Expressionism
After studying the art of the Expressionists in the 8th grade, we used portraits of famous people, distorting their colors and features. Starting from Edvard … Read more
The Color Theory in 7 objects
To review the different categories of color theory, each student chose a theme and drew 7 objects in the style of doodle. The word doodle … Read more
A Superhero who saves Art and Nature
We took a civic education lesson, trying to understand what Cultural and Environmental Heritage are, why we must protect them and what we must protect … Read more
Bicycle texturized: printable worksheets
In the first file you find 20 details of a bicycle, in pdf file, ready to be colored in an individually activity, with texture, zentangle … Read more
Banknotes for a board game, with our architectures
We worked on this interesting activity in collaboration with the Community of Valle Rotaliana-Koningsberg, which is the area where our school is located. The Community … Read more
Like an Expressionist woodcut
In this particular year, when the art room is closed, we still tried to work in the classroom with the tools available and instead of … Read more
Mandala with Color Theory
This activity is suitable for a Color Theory revision. With 6th grade students, we created a mandala-style design, but drawing only a portion of the … Read more
Copying a portrait using the Grid Method
We created these photographic portrait copies using the grid method and learned a fairly simple way to zoom and reproduce an image. The portrait is … Read more
Character inspired by Dubuffet
Thanks to the idea of my colleague Luigi Santibacci, we created these imaginative characters inspired by Jean Dubuffet with 6th Grade students. We observed his … Read more