Practicing Chiaroscuro with colors
To practice different ways of Chiaroscuro technique we shaded the negative space of a simple three-letters word. The words (positive space) are in white, while … Read more
Van Gogh at my place
8th Grade students studied Van Gogh’s art works and his specific painting technique. We specifically examined The Starry Night, one of the most famous painting of … Read more
Artist Trading Cards 2019: Souvenir from Trentino (ITALY)
Here we are, ready for the 4th Annual Artist Trading Card Swap! This year for the Artist Trading Card Global Swap 2019 we thought about our beautiful … 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
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
Shoe Design
After designing chairs, table lamps and wall clocks I had the idea of designing a shoe. With my students of 8th Grade I had a … Read more
Landscape and emotions
Is it possible that a landscape can trigger our emotions? Facing a real landscape, photographed or painted, we can experience different moods that inspire our … Read more
Final Exams 2017
Paintings, stained glass, prints, drawings, mosaic, collage, plastic and wood sculptures, mixed media projects… This year for the final exams students of the 8th Grade … Read more
An experience of Active Art
This post is dedicated to the interesting work of the art teacher Giovanni Perdicchia and to his 9th grade students. The classes involved are the 3 B of Presicce-Acquarica Middle School … Read more
Printing Expressionist Houses
At the beginning of Twentieth Century the art movements of Expressionists in Germany and Fauves in France bring an important news in the field of … Read more
Trees in chromatic shade and zentangle
To create these magic trees we paint a chromatic shade with tempera colors on a drawing sheet. First we start the shade with yellow: we … Read more
Still life on tonal gradations
Here we have a mixed media work that involves many skills and subjects. First off all we learn how to paint a tonal gradation with acrylic … Read more