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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

Flashmob for Peace!

On Tuesday 8 March 2022 we made a flash mob for peace at the same time as many schools in Trentino, to remind us that … Read more

Tassellation with Animals

After having watched this interesting video of Arte… in pratica del canale circoloarci hm I proposed the activity with tessellations to the 6th-grade students. We … 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

Value Cut Out

In these abstract drawings, we practiced different techniques of value: shading, crosshatching, and scumbling. Practicing value on white paper we created some free shapes. After … Read more

Shading Forms

How can you shade different forms and solids with different kinds of surfaces? We observed that the strength of the shadow’s edges are determined by … Read more

Mixed Media Landscape

Working in pairs students Students of Grade 6th created these mixed media landscape. First  we measure the drawing paper with a ruler and draw 6 … Read more