Texture in Nature
Texture in Nature
Texture in Nature
SAMPLE
Students have learned about proportions and making photos realistic. This lesson allows them
to use the same or similar methods to do it again as they draw up their print ideas. They are
RATIONALE going past a drawing to an evolving technique of printmaking that also give students some art
history. Using their existing knowledge and new knowledge of printmaking they will be able to
make successful and confident work.
Texture
Texture stands for a surface of an object, its tactile quality but also the visual effect it can
produce. This duality between the sense of physical touch and visual observation led to
discernment of different forms of texture in theory. Texture is roughly compartmentalized visual,
CENTRAL FOCUS
natural, artificial and hypertexture. From choosing different materials, to optical illusions
created through their manipulation, texture is an element of art that has equal significance in
meaning production along with line, color, shape or space. Drawings can create a textural
illusion of some other material, but the effect is never fully complete without the use of color.
6PE Select and access contemporary digital tools media arts to investigate ideas and inform
artmaking.
STANDARD(S) 4PR Select and use the elements and principles of art and design to communicate understanding
of an interdisciplinary concept.
5RE Express what was learned and the challenges that remain when assessing their artwork.
Lesson 1
1. Students will use their digital iPad to investigate ideas on creating textures and accurate
proportional images.
2. Students will use elements of design to draw a main focus image scaled to fit the page
and create a repetitive background with one or two images.
Lesson 2
3. Students will use the elements of art, texture and scale, to sketch in their main focus
image on their Styrofoam board and cut it out and use ink to print their image four
OBJECTIVE(S)
times with the colors they choose.
Lesson 3
4. Students will use the elements of art, texture and scale, to sketch in their one or two
background image(s) on their Styrofoam board and cut it out and use ink to print their
image four times with the colors they choose.
Lesson 5
5. Students will be writing on a reflection sheet what they learned about printmaking and
reflect on their artwork and assess the challenges.
ACADEMIC Vocabulary
Department of Arts Administration, Education and Policy
Abbreviated Lesson Plan
Students will write their names on the back of their drawings and use a close pin to hold
together their background objects. Students will clean off their Styrofoam boards and put away
CLEAN UP all printing material and rinse off their paint trays. They will put their name on the back of their
Styrofoam boards with a sharpie. Student will use sponges to clean their table and sit quietly
until class is over.