PreK - 2nd Grade Art
Lesson 4: Week of April 27th
I don’t have a video for you this week, so let me know if you have any questions! Have a wonderful week!
-Mrs. Massey
Texture Rubbings
Visual Art Domain: Create / Connect
Key terms:
Texture - the way something feels or looks like it feels. Texture can be real - the softness of a blanket, the rough edge of a board, or implied - a drawing that shows the feathers on a bird, or the pattern on a brick wall. Artists use texture in many ways, and texture really adds to our artwork! Texture is also an element of art!
Materials Needed:
Paper - notebook paper or copy paper preferably
Crayons with the paper peeled off - as many colors as you like
Hard objects that have a texture to create your rubbings. These can any size and can be found outside - leaves, brick, stone, bark, cement, logs, etc., and inside - quarters/nickles/dimes, a comb, raised door paneling, a piece of lace, the sides of toys, etc. The more you can find, the better!
Directions:
Fold or divide your paper into multiple sections - at least 4, but 6 to 8 would be even better!
Place one of your hard objects UNDER your paper. Next, take a crayon with its wrapper removed, place it on its side, press firmly and then rub it (don’t roll the crayon) back and forth over the paper covering the hard object. Try not to let your paper move while you’re doing this. If you do it correctly, the texture of the object below should show on your paper! Label this section with the object you used below the paper!
Try again with another object in one of your other spaces - remember to label!
Experiment with different objects and different crayons. Do some work better than others? Is there something you can turn your texture rubbings into?
If possible, have someone take a picture and e-mail it to me!
**Options for supplementation!**
Try painting over your crayon rubbings with watercolor and see what happens! (This is a technique called watercolor resist).
Draw textures without doing a rubbing...think about patterns - fish scales, bricks, feathers, dots, zigzags, wood grain….what else can you think of.
Log in to BrainpopJr and watch the video on Elements of Art - it will mention texture!