Desert landscapes in tonal gradations
Mysterious dunes enlightened by the moon, or lonely mountains in a hot desert? The landscapes painted by the students of Grade 6 are almost abstract … Read more
Tonal gradation with circles
A tonal gradation is defined as value steps going from light to dark. In this exercise the students of Grade 7, have painted the tonal … Read more
Silhouette in color gradations
An interesting exercise on gradations has been made in classes of grade 8° by combining a background and a silhouette painted with gradations in complementary … Read more
Monochrome sketch on wrapping paper
For making these monochrome drawings made on wrapping paper, students in seventh grade have used three different types of pencils, a charcoal black, a pastel … Read more
Trees in gradation
In classes of 7th Grade (12 year-old) we have painted a forest of trees without preliminary drawing, using directly the brushes and the acrylics paints on … Read more
Tubes striped
We’re still working on the different ways to represent the illusion of space, and in the 8th grade classes we have created this collage, drawing … Read more
Tree Four Seasons
In the classes of the 7th Grade we are still working on the textures, but this time we are using oil pastels and discovering all … Read more
Video Tutorial: The illusion of space
There are six easy ways to make our three-dimensional drawings and give the illusion of depth and space; through these six tips we could see … Read more
The Romanticism of Friedrich
We have studied the works of a great artist of the Romantic, Caspar David Friedrich, with students in the 9th grade. They have revised his … Read more
Halloween in tonal gradations and zentangles
We have experienced the tonal gradations with acrylics with the students of Grade 8, to learn how to mix colors, starting with the lightest color … Read more
Rolled zentangles!
With students of grade 8 we are still working on lights and shadows and gradations. We drew these Zentangles as ancient parchments rolled, using fantasy … Read more
Friedrich in gradation
The Romantic works of Friedrich lend themselves to an interpretation of the landscape that can be divided into a value scale. In these two exercises … Read more