A simple drawing with value shades in two colors: you need just a pencil, a rubber and two colored pencils. First you draw a tree with its branches with a pencil. You create many areas of negative … [Read more...]
Identikit from a description
September 18, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This is an interesting activity suggested by the art teacher Carlo Vedova and the name of this inter-disciplinary project is "One, Many, No Me". He doesn't work in my school, but in a school far away … [Read more...]
Symmetrical Masks
July 3, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Working on symmetry with 6th Grade students we created these masks inspired by ancient African, Inca and Aztec masks. To create these masks we need tracing paper, drawing paper, a pencil, tape, … [Read more...]
Cute or Scary monster?
June 18, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This activity is inspired by this nice video "How to draw a Scary Cute monster (Folding Surprise)" ( For those of you who don't know I suggest this interesting YouTube channel Art for Kids Hub). … [Read more...]
Stop Motion Workshop
June 5, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This Year we had the great opportunity to collaborate with two theatre directors Jacopo Laurino and Elena Galvani of Stradanova Slow Theatre creating the scenic desing for a play. The play was freely … [Read more...]
The Starry Night in a big mosaic
May 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
With some 7th Grade students who attend the afternoon workshop we made this huge mosaic inspired by the famous Starry Night painted by van Gogh in 1889. This mosaic is made by tiles and colored glass … [Read more...]
Rainbow Chameleon
April 5, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This activity helps us to practice mixing primary colors to obtain secondary and tertiary colors. with students of 6th Grade we studied the color wheel and we learned how to mix colors in order to … [Read more...]
Artist Trading Cards 2019: Souvenir from Trentino (ITALY)
January 20, 2019 by Leave a Comment
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 region, Trentino Alto Adige, in the … [Read more...]
15 Christmas Templates
December 10, 2018 by Leave a Comment
15 different silhouettes of Christmas decorations in 3 printable pdf worksheets. You can decorate the templates in different ways, with colored patterns, zentangle, or use them as decorations for the … [Read more...]
Christmas decorations with lines
December 10, 2018 by Leave a Comment
The Christmas decorations are drawn to look three-dimensional using cross-contour lines. Through the combination of colored parallel lines and cross-contour lines we create an optical illusion of … [Read more...]
