Texture Exploration
December 6, 2019
Project Description:
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:
Artists and designers incorporate texture into their work.
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.
2. After experimenting with rubbing the paper on different textures, students will be able to combine these textures into one artwork.
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
"What kind of texture is that"
"It is sandpaper, it looks like if you mixed sand"
"Can you tell me about the color"
"I layered the colors to make it look cool"
What worked well for this art experience? Why?:
This art experience was again really effective in that students were able to explore something they may not have had the opportunity to in the past. Students were also going beyond simple exploration of texture, they were exploring what it was like if they added multiple layers of the same or a different texture. Students were exploring texture in a variety of different ways. They were looking at all the different textures that were available and trying out a large variety. The student above was seeing what it was like if they layered colors with the same texture. This allowed for students to throughly explore their ideas. We also did a time for reflection and had students share with the class what they made. This was really effective in allowing for them to understand what they were making, as well as understand how other students made their textures. The sharing of ideas got students really engaged in this project. They were asking each other questions like "How did you get that texture?" This allowed for collaboration to occur as well as students playing and exploring something new.
What didn't work well for this art experience? Why?:
During this art experience I think we could have gone more in depth. Although this was something that was new for a lot of students, a lot of them had also done something similar before. This is something that didn't work as well, because there was a range of different experiences, which we weren't aware of going into the class.
What would you do differently? Why?
In order to help with the aspect of this lesson that didn't work well, I think differentiation could come into play. I think having something that is more in depth for students that are ready, would be helpful in this situation. I think introducing the opportunity to create their own textures would be meaningful because then they could further explore something they are interested in. One of the main textures we provided for students was paper plates with hot glue on them. Hot glue might not be suitable for such a large amount of students at this age, but Elmer's glue would also work well to create textures. Students could start by creating their own texture plate(s), they could then explore the different ways they could use that on their paper. This would allow for students to better learn and understand the process, and therefore have a more in depth understanding of texture.