Art-A-Baloo Crew: Texture Wave

Grade: Third

Date: March 2016

Medium: Rainbow Scratch Paper (available from Lakeshore Learning)

Reason for Lesson: Primarily to teach the principle of texture in art, also will touch on perspective, lines, and color.

Label: Texture, Line, Perspective, Color,

Prep Time: 20 min, ordering scratch paper, stocking art bin, printing handouts

Preparation prior to lesson: Read through lesson

Class Time: 50 minutes

Materials:

Rainbow Scratch Paper-

Available from Lakeshore Learning for 10.00 per 30 sheets,

Wooden Sticks for scratching. Some sticks come with scratch sheets, then supplement with wooden skewers (the ones for BBQ Kabobs)

Instructions to Lead Lesson:

See Blog for Pictures

1. Discuss Texture in Art, using example of Van Gogh and others. Here was a fun excerpt I found on Van Gogh, who lived 1853-1890 and created 2,100 works of art. Interestingly, he questioned whether or not he was good enough, as he only sold ONE of these works in his lifetime.

Largely self-taught, Van Gogh believed that drawing was “the root of everything.” His reasons for drawing were numerous. At the outset of his career, he felt it necessary to master black and white before attempting to work in color. Thus, drawings formed an inextricable part of his development as a painter. There were periods when he wished to do nothing but draw. Sometimes, it was a question of economics: the materials he needed to create his drawings—paper and ink purchased at nearby shops and pens he himself cut with a penknife from locally grown reeds—were cheap, whereas costly paints and canvases had to be ordered and shipped from Paris. When the fierce mistral winds made it impossible for him to set up an easel, he found he could draw on sheets of paper tacked securely to board.

2. Pass out and Work through provided handout on texture and drawing a wave

3. Pass out Scratch Paper and remember names on backs! Follow blog photos to create our “Texture Wave”