A post for you: colorful bookmarks
The art teacher Maria Luisa Marchio, with students of Middle School Paisiello, in Cinisello Balsamo (MI), suggest to us some beautiful bookmarks decorated with colored … Read more
Video Tutorial: Mixed Media Artist Trading Cards in 5 steps
Here we have the video tutorial: How to create Mixed Media Artist Trading Cards in 5 easy steps: 1. Collage: front and back of the … Read more
Artist Trading Cards global swap!
The idea came from an outstanding American teacher, Nic Hahn (here her website MiniMatisse), with whom I share technical ideas and lessons from a few … Read more
Mushrooms in imaginative textures
As the previous Autumn, with the 6th grade classes, we have collaborated on a science project on knowledge of fungi. In science lessons pupils have … Read more
Natural textures with colored pencils
When we ask students to depict the water in a drawing, the majority draws a blue solid color; in the same way the wood is … Read more
Collaborative project: the book ‘s cover
In collaboration with the literature teacher, a 7th grade class, has worked in small groups to create the covers of some short stories. The stories, … Read more
Our silhouette in zentangle style
Here we have the extraordinary idea of Fabiana Collotto, art teacher at the Middle School “Querini” in Mestre (Venice). As he told me in various … Read more
Ribbons interwoven with a common thread
The exercise of entwined ribbons already experienced in a previous lesson, it is made more complicated! I’ve found this idea on one of my favorite … Read more
Wanderer above the Sea of…?
In the wonderful Romantic work of art “Wanderer above the Sea of Fog” painted in 1817 by Caspar David Friedrich, a man looks out from … Read more
Fanciful mushrooms!
With the 6th grade classes, we have collaborated on a science project on knowledge of fungi. In science lessons pupils have studied the characteristics of … Read more
Experience the Comics!
The Comics is a very complex topic to deal with students, its implementation needs the ability to represent figure, landscape, perspective, movement, facial expressions, onomatopoeia, … Read more
Zentangle circles and gradations
Another exercise carried out about tonal gradations in 8th grade classes. As in the previous exercise about shades of gray “Collaborative project in monochrome mixed … Read more