Symmetry with NOTAN
With 6th Grade students, we worked on the various types of symmetry, and we made a collage creating a NOTAN with shapes in bilateral symmetry. … Read more
The Color Theory in 7 objects
To review the different categories of color theory, each student chose a theme and drew 7 objects in the style of doodle. The word doodle … Read more
A Superhero who saves Art and Nature
We took a civic education lesson, trying to understand what Cultural and Environmental Heritage are, why we must protect them and what we must protect … Read more
Bicycle texturized: printable worksheets
In the first file you find 20 details of a bicycle, in pdf file, ready to be colored in an individually activity, with texture, zentangle … Read more
Small Value Scale Landscapes with video tutorial
These small landscapes have been painted with watercolors, by 7th-grade students after a lesson about landscape and the representation of space with value scale. Here … Read more
Photo Challenge: genres and perspective
To review the last topics I propose a task to my 8th-grade students: a photo challenge whit pictorial genres and perspective. The task was to … Read more
Digital drawing: Symmetrycal Robot
With 6th Grade students, we studied the various types of SYMMETRY distinguishing between bilateral, radial, and modular-type symmetry. This year we have a cart of … Read more
Maison d’Artiste: workshop inspired by Fabio Mauri
This workshop was realized by Claudio Cantelmi, art teacher at the middle school Alberto Manzi in Rome. The activity is inspired by the italian artist Fabio … Read more
Like an Expressionist woodcut
In this particular year, when the art room is closed, we still tried to work in the classroom with the tools available and instead of … Read more
Mandala with Color Theory
This activity is suitable for a Color Theory revision. With 6th grade students, we created a mandala-style design, but drawing only a portion of the … Read more
Cubist Drawing with video tutorial
You need just a drawing paper, some colored pencils and watercolors to create this still life in the style of CUBISM. Cubism was a revolutionary new … Read more
Copying a portrait using the Grid Method
We created these photographic portrait copies using the grid method and learned a fairly simple way to zoom and reproduce an image. The portrait is … Read more