Village in warm & cool colors
The view of a small village, with houses lumped together, is a nice way to learn and create warm & cool colors. Half of the village is surrounded … Read more
Funny Boots : painting textures
With tempera or acrylic painting we can create different patterns, using different kind of paintbrushes and colors. After painting the moka pots, the cups, the … Read more
Trees in chromatic shade and zentangle
To create these magic trees we paint a chromatic shade with tempera colors on a drawing sheet. First we start the shade with yellow: we … Read more
The copy as instrument of knowledge
Since forever in the history of art, every artist is used to copying the other artists’ work, especially the work of the ancient masters. This … Read more
How to paint the color wheel: video tutorial
A new video tutorial from arteascuola.com, about how to paint the color wheel using Primary colours and mixing them to get Secondary and Tertiary colors. … Read more
Asterisk* with three ways to shade
As in this previous lesson, we practiced three different ways to create value and shade with pencil. In this drawing, made with 7th grade students, we … Read more
The color wheel like a flower
Every school year we work on the color theory and the color wheel, and is quite difficult to find new and original ways to paint … Read more
Figure’s silhouette: 22 worksheets
22 different outlines of figures in pdf, ready to be used for different activities. The topic is about the relationship between figure and background in … Read more
Painting the background to create the figure
Is fascinating to understand the relationship between figure and background in a picture: did you know that our brain cannot perceive the figure and the … Read more
Mixed media landscape inspired by Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh is alwais intriguing for students, because of his fame, his unfortunate life and his revolution in painting. With students of 8th grade … Read more
Tonal and chromatic gradations for a landscape
The tonal gradations are made by adding white or black to a color. In this way we work on light and dark shades of that … Read more
Our local Impressionists
The best way to understand the Impressionist’s technique is to imitate it, in front of a real natural landscape. With students of grade 8th, we … Read more