A post for you: colorful bookmarks
The art teacher Maria Luisa Marchio, with students of Middle School Paisiello, in Cinisello Balsamo (MI), suggest to us some beautiful bookmarks decorated with colored … Read more
4 suggestion for a still life
In the review of our work on still life and the value, which has been very successful among my students, I would like to propose … Read more
Many types of value create a word
To practice the different ways to create value scales, we used the shadowed background of a three-letter word. The positive space (words) is occupied by … Read more
Name in Graffiti style
The eighth-graders have received with great enthusiasm the proposal to write their name in graffiti style, even though at the beginning they did not think … Read more
Ribbons interwoven and Zentangle
Explaining the shading, the value and the three-dimensional effect that we can create in a drawing, we have drew “ribbons” interwoven and perpendicular to each … Read more
Mii like me
It’s very common among teens, creating “avatar” characters, in video games or social networks. These minifigures are used to represent yourself into a game or … Read more
Natural textures with colored pencils
When we ask students to depict the water in a drawing, the majority draws a blue solid color; in the same way the wood is … Read more
Three solid to shade: worksheet
In this worksheet you have three simple solid figures: a cylinder, a cube and a sphere. Starting from this linear drawing, you can deal with … Read more
Create a Fantasy Character
Starting from the analysis of the human figure and its proportions, we created and drew a fantasy character. The idea came from a work about … Read more
Drawing a female face
With 8th grade students, we have created a pencil drawing of a woman’s face, starting from a geometric model in order to have the correct … Read more
Curls, springs, or twisted ribbons?
Another exercise on value realized in the 7th grade classes was this drawing of curled ribbons. The method is very simple and the realism of … Read more
Ribbons interwoven with a common thread
The exercise of entwined ribbons already experienced in a previous lesson, it is made more complicated! I’ve found this idea on one of my favorite … Read more