5th Grade

Texture and colorin everyday objects

• Objective:The students will know what texture is and practice applying texture to a variety of everyday objects.The student will contrast the texture in their drawing with patterns in the background.

• Materials

– White paper 9x12

– pencil

– eraser

– objects for tracing - glue bottle, scissors, paint brush, compass, roll of tape, etc.

– practice paper

• Class Periods - 2

• Set Up

– each table group should have a group of objects for tracing

– each student gets a pencil, eraser, white paper, practice paper

• Make sure the students put their name and date on every project!

Procedure - Day 1

Discuss

the element of texture in arttexture appeals to

our sense of touchThe tree line drawing you created

in a previous class has texture that was created by

the scumbling strokes of the marker.

Create a composition

With the objects (tape dispenser, glue bottle,

scissors, compass, protractor, etc.) plan a

Composition create an interesting layout simply

trace your objects onto the paper. With pencil,

create a different texture within the outline of each

object,. For example a furry glue bottle or a roll of

tape made out of bricks. Spend some time looking

around your room and picking out different textures

that you can use on your objects. To draw a texture

is not difficult; come up with a mark and repeating

that mark over and over, until you have filled the

surface.

Sometimes making texture, such as a brick wall,

also requires that we create a pattern.Use a

different texture on each object. Remember that

this will require your patience and will take a good

amount of time. Stay with it.

Background patterns

Fill in the background using colorful patterns.

See the student examples of patterns on

slides 6 and 7

Color

When choosing the colors for the

background, have a reason for the colors -

cool colors, warm colors, primary colors,

complimentary colors. You may decide to

choose a select number of colors. Just don’t

use a whole rainbow. There should be a

pattern to your colors.You may want to

spend time on a scrap piece of paper making

a plan of different patterns, using your

markers. When you have an idea that you

are comfortable with, fill in behind your

textured objects.

photographs of texture

Texture created with pencil

Texture created with

marker.

examples of student work

stripe pattern

animal pattern

geometric shape pattern

contrasting color pattern

organic shape pattern

vocabulary• Composition - arrangement of the parts of a work of art - layout.

• texture - the quality of a surface - Texture in art is giving a visual feel to the things you are representing

• contrast - the act of distinguishing by comparing differences

• pattern - Design, motif or symbol repeated over and over