Small landscapes in warm and cool colors
In the classes of Grade 6 we continue the discovery of colors and their properties. One of these is to transmit sensations, such as those … Read more
Gradations and silhouettes with Gimp
After the lesson of the landscape in gradation designed with the open source program Gimp2, we have developed a more elaborate landscape, using gradients of … Read more
Landscapes in gradation with Gimp2
In classes of Grade 8th we are learning to use “Gimp”, an open source program for creating and editing digital images. This is a photo … Read more
The color wheel in a square
In the classes of Grade level 6, we are studying the color wheel. What better way to learn color theory that putting it into practice? … Read more
Halloween in tonal gradations and zentangles
We have experienced the tonal gradations with acrylics with the students of Grade 8, to learn how to mix colors, starting with the lightest color … Read more
Murano glassware shelf
Thinking about something decorative, colorful and transparent we thought of Murano glassware, to do an exercise with the primary and secondary colours. We made a drawing … Read more
Colored Bulbs
Another simple exercise with primary colors! We copied different kinds of bulbs drawing them with a black permanent marker. Each bulb is superimposed on another … Read more
Circles of colored words
Inspired by Kandinsky circles, we paint some simple circles with watercolors using just the three primary colors, mixing them each other and painting very loosely … Read more
A Rainbow Umbrella!
With the Year 6-7 (Classi Prime) we continued our work on color theory, painting this “Rainbow Umbrella”. As in the color wheel we used acrylic … Read more
Ideas to work on the warm and cool colours
I was thinking about new ideas to propose to the students to work on the warm and cool colors. We use acrylic paints especially to … Read more
The square color wheel!
Here a special color “wheel”, it is drawn freehand and colored with tempera colours on a square sheet. The students of year 6 colored their … Read more
Color Wheel – Printable worksheet (in Italian language!)
Dopo aver cercato nel web un Cerchio Cromatico in italiano da stampare e far colorare ai ragazzi, ho deciso di disegnarmelo perchè proprio non sono … Read more