Drawing a face with a single line
Students of grade 6th have drawn some very original faces. As you can see these faces are made with a single line , without lifting … Read more
Drawing bottles with parallel lines
With this drawing you can create a three-dimensional visual effect just with parallel lines. Students of Grade 6th have drawn these bottles with felt-tip pens, … Read more
Self-portrait in the style of Julian Opie
We started this project at the Contemporary and Modern Art Museum of Trento and Rovereto (MART) in Italy, with Grade 7 students. The Education Department of … Read more
Art supplies in the style of Michael Craig-Martin
A drawing inspired by the contemporary artist Michael Craig-Martin is created with the art supplies we usually use in our art room. In this drawing we … Read more
Drawing about me
The Art lessons for this school year in the 6th Grade classes, follow the CLIL methodology (Content and Language Integrated Learning). To start I devised … Read more
Drawing natural textures for a gown
To create these elegant gowns we copied details of natural textures from some pictures. In the classes of grade 6th we observed lots of textures, … Read more
Design a wall clock
We’ve already designed a chair and a table lamp in some previous lessons, and this time we deal with a new object: we have to … Read more
Vortex of textures
A colored vortex of graphic textures have been created here by students of 6th grade, to test their creativity. Here we have the instructions to follow … Read more
Double figures created with silhouettes
After reasoning about positive and negative space in the 7th grade classes, we designed a double figure, working on the relationship between couple of silhouettes. We … Read more
Asterisk* with three ways to shade
As in this previous lesson, we practiced three different ways to create value and shade with pencil. In this drawing, made with 7th grade students, we … Read more
Like tissues at the microscope: shading exercise
In order to comprehend the shading effects in a drawing, it’s very useful working on the perception of the depth. Adding shadows on a flat … Read more
Mountains made up of lines
Lines can depict any shape; they can create tridimensional effects and give the perception of movement. I did this drawing with 6th grade students, in … Read more