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Class 9 

December 6, 2019

Texture Exploration

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During this lesson, students will get the opportunity to explore the different textures around them. Students will be using crayons and paper, they will rub the side of the crayon on different textures to explore texture in a two-dimensional sense. This is a way of getting students to explore something that is a large part of their everyday life. Everything they touch has a texture, but we don’t always think about that texture. This is getting them to think about something they are exposed to every day.

Essential Understanding

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Artists and designers incorporate texture into their work.

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Learning Targets

I can look and explore the textures around me and transfer them onto a piece of paper. 

 

I can combine multiple textures into a singular artwork. 

Key Concepts

1.After a brief demonstration, students will be able to explore the textures around them, and successfully transfer them onto a piece of paper.

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2. After experimenting with rubbing the paper on different textures, students will be able to combine these textures into one artwork.

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3. After experimenting with rubbing the paper on different textures, students will be able to share their texture discoveries with their table group for the reflective activity.

Skills

  • Imagination

  • Reflection

  • Exploration

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Documentation 

Studio Habit: Observe

What are some words that come to mind when you think about how textures feel?

Studio Habit: Envision

  • Ruffled

  • Silky

  • Soft and rough like my hoody

  • Smooth but not smooth

  • Fuzzy blanket

  • Slippery

  • Hard bumpy

  • Smooth

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This student explains what she is envisioning as the texture for the wings of her figure.

This student is discussing the color as well as what texture they want the wings to be.

Studio Habit: Stretch and Explore 

For this class, the students were tasked with exploring how different items can make a wide variety of textures when they make a rubbing of the item with a crayon, marker or pencil. The items the students had access to ranged from shoes to dried hot glue on a plate to sandpaper. This is a way of getting students to explore something that is a large part of their everyday life. Everything they touch has a texture, but we don’t always think about that texture. This is getting them to think about something they are exposed to every day.

Rather than choosing an object, this student explored how the table under the paper could make a texture on the paper.

This student explains what their favorite texture exploration was so far and why.

This student explored layering colors over his textured item and noted it reminds him of something.

This student explains what she found out in her exploration that was AMAZING!

In this video, the student stretched and explored by using the spiral edge of their sketchbook to make a texture on the paper.

This student describes an item used for his texture exploration.

This student is exploring what a letter stencil does.

This student is exploring what happens when she explores texture using the sandpaper block.

Studio Habit: Reflect

The class enjoyed their explorations so much we had many volunteers who wanted to share what textures they found.

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