Value Cubes
After a lesson about Value as one of the Element of Art, we painted these cubes with 7th Grade students . We used a template … Read more
Animals in the style of Fortunato Depero
With 7th grade students we studied the Elements of Art like Shape and Forms while we also observed the works of Fortunato Depero, an important Artist of Italian … Read more
3-D Geometric Paper Shapes with Patterns
After doing a lesson about Shapes and Forms as elements of art my colleague Francesca Dallago created these 3-D solids with Grade 7th students. They … Read more
Best 25 Kids Art Bloggers: arteascuola is on the list!
The Best Kids Art Blogs from thousands of Artistic blogs for Kids by teachers on the web using search and social metrics. Have a look … Read more
Prints inspired by Portuguese Azulejos
During my last trip to Lisbon I discovered the beauty and the infinite variety of the Azulejos , the traditional ceramic tiles you can find everywhere on … 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
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
Cats on the fence
Here we have an idea to try and use the primary colours and the neutral colours with tempera paint. First we draw the fence (high … Read more
The color wheel in a big collage
This group work is simple but really effective. You can create a big color wheel with colored pieces of paper, ripped from magazines and old … Read more
Like tissues at the microscope: video tutorial
I’m glad to show here below a great video tutorial from theartproject chad brown. Chad Brown is an art teacher who created this tutorial for … Read more
Romanesque pop-up Cathedral
A new and interesting idea from the art teacher Giovanni Perdicchia, who has already published on this website an activity about art works and photography. These … Read more
Collaborative project: design a book cover
In collaboration with literature teachers we have worked on a multidisciplinary project. Students of 7th Grade worked in small groups to create and write a … Read more