Texture

=ART LESSON: TEXTURE=
 * Texture **

GRADE LEVEL: Early and Middle Years

LESSON TOPIC: Texture Assignment – Texture Rubbings

INTRODUCTION TO TEXTURE: This is an introduction to texture as another element of visual art. The lesson also introduces real and simulated texture ideas for sculptural projects in the future.

LEARNING OUTCOMES / OBJECTIVES: – Students will develop an appreciation, sensitivity, and awareness of textures in our environment. – Texture is an important element of art. People appreciate real textures more than simulated textures. – By creating simulated textures, students will learn how surface quality is defined in simple art forms. – They will produce a set of simulated textures through rubbings.

VISUAL RESOURCES: – Magazine photo examples of textures in our environment – Previous students’ texture rubbings, as examples of simulated textures – Examples of real objects with a variety of surface textures for rubbings <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Search Internet sites for videos of real sculpture, artist examples of simulated textures, and handouts on texture techniques. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Figures #19 and #20 are photographs of real textures.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">OTHER LEARNING MATERIALS: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– 12” x 18” white paper <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Variety of pencils (HD for hard lines and soft leads for softer lines) – use the side of the pencil lead for rubbings <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Charcoal and pastels (optional) for rubbings

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">ACTIVATING STRATEGIES: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Ask students to shut their eyes and reach out and touch the surfaces around them. Tell them to think of a person who is blind. Blind people live in a tactile world. Their sense of touch is very acute, to compensate for the lack of sight. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Without opening their eyes, have students describe the surfaces that they are touching. What words could they use to explain the textures to a blind person? <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Bring in a variety of different textures, and hide them in a bag. Ask students to take turns reaching into the bag and touching different textures. What emotions do the various textures arouse?

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">ACQUIRING STRATEGIES: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Show students the visual resources. Discuss the different textures that are represented. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Brainstorm how visual definitions of surfaces give the viewer more understanding and this will open a fuller dialogue of appreciation of the subjects and situations presented by the artist. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Demonstrate the rubbing technique for students, showing combinations of media and the different qualities achieved. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Explain how western society has a rich past in rubbings. Examine the history of rubbings in Western Europe from grave stones and sculptural reliefs on doors, etc. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Show how Figures #19 and #20 are photographs of real textures suitable for rubbings.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">APPLYING STRATEGIES: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Have students experiment with the rubbing technique on scrap paper. What differences are created when the pencil (or charcoal, etc.) pressure is harder or lighter? <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Give each student a paper divided into squares, and give the rest of the class time to explore and select a good variety of textures for rubbings. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– The rubbings with the most visual appeal have a sharp contrast of darks and lights. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– The entire sheet of paper should be filled with different texture rubbings.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">REFLECTING / RE-FOCUSING STRATEGIES: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Tell students to share their texture ideas and find the best texture for this purpose. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Have students work in cooperation to create texture boxes filled with a variety of textures. These give students a real sense of the tactile word of the blind and heighten their own sense of touch.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">ASSESSMENT / ANALYSE LEARNING OUTCOMES: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Students will show evidence that they have followed the instructions for their texture drawings: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> – the composition consists of a variety of texture rubbings <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> – various textures define the objects (smooth, coarse) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> – the page is filled with pencil rubbings <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> – the composition is aesthetically interesting and pleasing <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– The student drawings will use textures to define the surface areas. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Student work should demonstrate a variety of shapes and combinations of shapes that create interesting and pleasing designs and patterns. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Students’ projects should show evidence of creativity and that their visual art skills are developing.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Figure 19 Real Texture Example

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Figure 20 Real Texture Example