Monsters in complementary colors
We invent monsters to work with COMPLEMENTARY colors. We draw and color four monsters with mixed technique, each monster must be colored with a pair … Read more
A monochrome picture with #hashtag
I sent my students chasing colors around the house, they took a MONOCHROME photo by grouping a series of objects on a colored background, all … Read more
Colors, music, and emotions: online learning & teaching
We know, it’s not the same as being in the classroom, but we are really making every effort to be close to our students as … Read more
Create a Color Wheel with objects
Going on with online teaching and learning I suggested a challenge to my students who don’t have at home all the art supplies we usually … Read more
6 “Sweets & Breakfast” Templates
In these printable worksheets from arteascuola.com, you can find six templates in pdf ready to be printed on cardboard or paper. You can decorate them … Read more
Enhance the background
We have often dealt with the drawing of a FACE and its PROPORTIONS, working on the colors and shades of hair, eyes, and mouth. We … Read more
Patterns inspired by Takashi Murakami
This great lesson was created by the art teacher Marco Farinelli. I share this interesting work and the images of the work step by step. … Read more
Identikit from a description
This is an interesting activity suggested by the art teacher Carlo Vedova and the name of this inter-disciplinary project is “One, Many, No Me”. He … Read more
Pop Up Card Template
In these printable worksheets you can find two simple template ready to to print and cut to create pop-up cards with 3 or 4 shapes … Read more
Symmetrical Masks
Working on symmetry with 6th Grade students we created these masks inspired by ancient African, Inca and Aztec masks. To create these masks we need … Read more
Cute or Scary monster?
This activity is inspired by this nice video “How to draw a Scary Cute monster (Folding Surprise)” ( For those of you who don’t know I … Read more
Rainbow Chameleon
This activity helps us to practice mixing primary colors to obtain secondary and tertiary colors. with students of 6th Grade we studied the color wheel … Read more