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 his students, to explain this project in his class. He has made the video of the process and his students use it to make their pieces. This is a great idea and I look forward to watching other Chad's video. Have a look at he video and enjoy! In order … [Read more...]
Hall in one point perspective
June 8, 2017 by 4 Comments
To understand the rules of the one point perspective awe created this work in mixed media. It's a big hall, with a huge window overlooking a landscape, with some people looking out. With students of Grade 7th we studied both, one point and two points perspective, in order to complete our artistic path about the representation of space in art. First we drew the perspective, following the … [Read more...]
Marbles in Mixed Media
May 4, 2017 by 8 Comments
With students of 7th grade we worked on the realistic representation of space in art. In this mixed media work, we colored the marbles with oil pastels and the background with tempera or acrylic painting. First we painted the background with three shades of gray: the rectangular area was painted with pure black, for the lateral side we used a middle gray and a light gray for the base. In that … [Read more...]
Monochrome photos: a color hunt!
February 2, 2017 by 1 Comment
The word MONOCHROME describes paintings, drawings, design, or photographs in one color or values of one color. A monochromatic object or image reflects colors in shades of limited colors or hues. For an image, the term monochrome is usually taken to mean the same as black and white or, more likely, grayscale, but may also be used to refer to other combinations containing only tones of a single … [Read more...]
Like tissues at the microscope: shading exercise
December 29, 2016 by 2 Comments
In order to comprehend the shading effects in a drawing, it's very useful working on the perception of the depth. Adding shadows on a flat drawing helps our perception in seeing the three-dimensional effects of the depth. It's a sort of "magic": we can understand the different layers just if the shadows are in the right spots. I'm glad to show here below a great video tutorial from … [Read more...]
Still life on abstract background
September 28, 2016 by 8 Comments
In order to understand the light and shadow on a solid we drew the shades on a group of objects with a pencil. In this still life some students of 8° grade have also experienced shading with crossed lines (cross-hatching), showing some skill! The background was decorated with felt-tip pens, with an abstract design where everyone has expressed freely his style. This contrast between the still … [Read more...]
Vases strangely shaped
January 3, 2016 by 7 Comments
Vases and bottles with whimsical shapes have been invented by the students of the seventh grade in an interesting exercise of symmetry. Starting from a vertical line, that is our symmetry axis, we drew two ellipses, one at the top and one at the bottom of the line. Those are the opening, and the bottom of our vase. Then we drew a curved line, joining the top ellipse, with the one in the bottom. … [Read more...]
