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
New works inspired by Harold Hollingsworth
For a while I’ve been following, with admiration and esteem, the work of Harold Hollingsworth a contemporary artist from Seattle, Washington. In his most recent … Read more
Symmetrical Robot
After the capitals and the insects we created the symmetrical robots, drawing the strangest and most immaginative robots. To realize this drawing we first drew … Read more
Words in complementary colors
In order to better understand the complementary colors we created a drawing to paint with different shades of complementary colors. We chose a three-letters word … Read more
Tree in Warm & Cool colors
In this mixed media painting we used oil pastels and watercolors in order to learn the ranges of warm and cool colors. With students of … 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
Art supplies in the style of Michael Craig-Martin
A drawing inspired by the contemporary artist Michael Craig-Martin is created with the art supplies we usually use in our art room. In this drawing we … Read more
Animals in black & white
These mixed media paintings were created by students of 6th Grade in order to work on achromatic colours and greys scale. To realize this painting … 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