Double figures created with silhouettes
After reasoning about positive and negative space in the 7th grade classes, we designed a double figure, working on the relationship between couple of silhouettes. We … Read more
Flowers printed with Craft foam
We have already worked with this interesting material that can be etched, cut, shaped, glued, colored and printed. We used the craft foam sheets especially … Read more
Fashion design with Textures: worksheets and 5 activities
The drawings for these activities are inspired by Scott Nylund’s work, an american illustrator and fashion designer . I really like his clean and graceful … Read more
Design a chair: worksheet
With this simple worksheet from arteascuola.com, we can experiment the meaning of the design: change the shape of an object while maintaining its function. Every … Read more
Creating the logo “A Shop as Friend”
With all classes of seventh grade, we participated this year in a competition to design a logo entitled “A shop as Friend”. The project, proposed … 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
Create a Table Lamp
In a lesson about Art Nouveau in the 9th grade classes, we explored the theme of design and fashion. We discussed about the function of … Read more
Pattern with radial drawings
In Architecture and Design, a Pattern is a decorative design, as for wallpapers, made up of elements in a regular arrangement. Using the drawings in radial … Read more
Editing a photo in Andy Warhol’s style
As we have seen in previous posts dedicated to the program GIMP 2, there are many ways to draw up and edit a photograph. With … Read more
Design a chair
Our Lesson on Art Nouveau was comprehensive of a research on the meaning of design: change the shape of an object while maintaining its function. … 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
Little book printed with Craft Foam
Craft foam in English language, Moosgummi in German, Gomma Crepla in Italian: it is a gummy material that we can find in stationery and it … Read more