Words in complementary colors
In order to better understand the complementary colors we created a drawing to paint with different shades of complementary colors. We chose a three-letters word … Read more
Piero della Francesca in the style of Barry McGee
Inspired by a previous post dedicated to the artist Barry McGee, the art teacher Marcella Manco with her students of Arezzo Middle School “Piero della Francesca” … Read more
Tree in Warm & Cool colors
In this mixed media painting we used oil pastels and watercolors in order to learn the ranges of warm and cool colors. With students of … Read more
Paintings in scale of grays, inspired by B&W photos
This activity is an idea of the art teacher and friend Alessandra Tomasi. She is teaching at the Middle School of Fondo e Revò, in … Read more
Drawing inspired by Craig-Martin: video tutorial
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 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
Painting different kinds of lines
The first element of art is the line, all ART starts with lines and we can create lots of images with simple lines! In this … Read more
Group work: mixed media leaves
In groups of three we created this mixed media work, following the step-by step instructions. First we write our names on the back of the … 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 about me: 2 worksheets
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