CREATIVITY LESSON 2: Texture is an Element of Art
In the creativity lesson, you explore your surroundings and draw textures that describe the surface of the objects most clearly. What comes to mind when someone says toad? You might think of dry skin covered in irregular bumps. Those irregular bumps form a texture that is the special quality of a toad. Texture is the surface quality of an object. When we look for shapes and add to that the special qualities of texture, we can make a successful drawing of any subject.
The rubbing technique begins with a light outline. More details and darker marks are added in the second step. The pencil is held under the hand. The paper is then placed over a rough surface and the area is filled in by rubbing back and forth using the side of the pencil lead. The texture for this toad was made over a stucco wall. Make patches of rubbings to gather some information on the types of textures that you have available from the surfaces around you. Examples of texture through rubbing are shown below. Once you have six to ten rubbings, look at the special qualities of each. What type of animal or object does each texture bring to mind? Select one and draw an outline of the animal or object. Use rubbing to fill in the texture.
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