Texture Rubbing Drawing (Teacher)
Featured Art Element: Texture
Grade: 4-5
Objectives:
Students will learn: 1. What is texture? 2. What is actual texture verses implied texture? 3. What is a rubbing and how do you do one? 4. How to use a rubbing to create texture in a drawing. Materials Needed (per student):
• 9 x 12, 80 lb drawing paper
• crayons
• pencils (optional)
• textures in your classroom or outside
o Artistic Inspirational Resources-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐images of drawings that use texture rubbings. Vocabulary
Texture Actual Texture Implied Texture Rubbing
Procedure (also see video): 1. Look at examples of texture rubbings incorporated into drawings. a. ACTUAL TEXTURE: textures you can feel like blades of grass, a furry puppy, the rough bark of a tree, the bumpy brick wall. b. IMPLIED TEXTURE: textures that are drawn to look like texture you could feel. 2. Students can approach their drawings in one of two ways: a. Option 1: Grab your drawing paper and a couple crayons and go exploring for textures in the classroom that would make cool rubbings. Place your paper over that cool texture (brick wall for example), move one of your crayons across the paper to pick up the texture under the paper. Go find another texture or two and do the same. i. Look at the textures on your paper, does any story, imagery, drawing come to mind? Use that texture to inspire your design and use your crayon to create a cool drawing that brings in those “actual textures”. To strengthen your drawing, bring in some of your own created “implied textures” from object to object within that drawing. This is a very organic way to discover your own creativity. Have fun! b. Option 2: Grab your drawing paper and draw something of your choice, but leave big areas open to do some rubbings. For example, if you drew buildings in a city, Don’t draw in the windows until after you have done your rubbings on an appropriate texture that would suite that building’s texture. If you draw animals, is there a texture in the room you could build into that area to make it look like that animals’ skin or fur texture. After you have found all of your textures you like, finish filling in the rest of the drawing with your crayons. 3. When students are doing the rubbings, tell them to use some, but not to go overboard. Have them look for ways to pull in more textures over the top to layer the design. Hang up the finished drawings and enjoy!