With students of Grade 7th we studied the Elements of art like Shape and Forms and, at the same time, we observed the works of Fortunato Depero, an important Artist representative of the Italian Futurism (1892-1960). His particular way to stylize and simplify the animals in simple geometrical shapes, inspired us to create these fantastic animals. First we took a cue from animals templates and … [Read more...]
Prints of animals inspired by Expressionism
September 11, 2018 by 4 Comments
The wide variety of animals has inspired us to create these prints. We studied Expressionism in art and the use of xylography (woodblock engraving) in the early 1900s, this topic has inspired us to create prints with strong marks and high contrast. Every student chose a picture of an animal and created a sketch with pencil and a thick marker. The realistic image haas been simplified and … [Read more...]
Shoe Design
April 11, 2018 by 2 Comments
After designing chairs, table lamps and wall clocks I had the idea of designing a shoe. With my students of 8th Grade I had a lesson about the history and evolution of Design. We have looked at some Andy Warhol's shoes drawings considering the variety you can create on a simple template. Students has been inspired by their fondness for a place, an hobby, a sport, an idea, to which dedicate their … [Read more...]
Printing Expressionist Houses
May 17, 2017 by 5 Comments
At the beginning of Twentieth Century the art movements of Expressionists in Germany and Fauves in France bring an important news in the field of Modern art: the vision of reality is filtered by the artists' inner reality. Before them Van Gogh and Munch have taught the same lesson because in their paintings the world is transformed and distorted by the artist's feeling and mood. 8th Grade students … [Read more...]
Design a wall clock: worksheets
March 8, 2017 by Leave a Comment
We’ve already designed a chair and a table lamp in some previous lessons, and this time we deal with a new object: we have to design a wall clock, taking its specific functions into consideration before drawing it. In the grade 8th classes we discussed about the origin and evolution of design and we analysed the functional features of a wall clock. Some elements, as the position of hours and the … [Read more...]
