Tangles shaded
To continue our work about gradients, with the students of grade 8, we have created this drawing of entwined ribbons. The drawing is made in … Read more
Lego Avatar
Here’s another fun way to learn about the guys who start the year 8 and to get some clues about their personality: I invited each … Read more
Three dimensional Mirò
I thought of a way to create a three-dimensional structure with the characteristic drawings by Joan Miro, which are specifically two-dimensional. Students have copied some … Read more
A shared experience in Omaha, Nebraska
Yesterday, I was delighted to receive a lovely email from Cynthia Vana, a Library Specialist in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. She led a workshop at the Florence Branch … Read more
Small ceramic house-box
The slabs of clay can be used for lots of different projects. This project needs precision in measuring, cutting and assembling the slabs and the … Read more
Optical illusion cube
Is it a small cube in a room or a large cube that lacks one corner? Is easier to draw this cube, rather than to describe … Read more
Coil vase with a ‘not round’ base
Starting from any shape as base of the vase, you can model a vase not round, by growing as a free shape in your hands. … Read more
Small Jewelry Polymer Clay
Do you know “Fimo” or “Cernit”? It’ a polymer clay that you can cook in the owen at 110°C. With students of Grade 7-8 can … Read more
Stop Motions inspired by Aardman Animations
This Stop motion is inspired by the great works of Aardman Studios, a British animation studio based in Bristol. The studio is known for films … Read more
Terracotta Army printed with foam
Still about China, what better way to reproduce the huge Terracotta Army of Xi’an, except through a printing technique? We used the most simple and … Read more
AZION…ARTI: another amazing italian Art Ed Blog
Here another new Art Blog from an Italian art teacher! She is Laura Tomasi, we met almost 30 years ago at the Secondary Art School … Read more
Lights and shadows sharp
With the students of grade 8 (classe seconda B) we worked on the lights and shadows in the photograph. With the tracing paper and colored … Read more