UNIT 3
Lesson 1
Texture is the look of the surface of an object. It can be imitated using different types of marks or lines. Long, curved lines describe the texture of this porcupine drawn after a woodcut by artist, Leonard Baskin titled, Porcupine .
Be Creative
OBJECTIVE: to discover new views when looking at an object, create some unfamiliarity in order to practice better observation skills and a need to look at the object more closely. the view. Lay beneath it, looking up into its branches. Hug it. Then draw your insights or a new view that you had of the object. Look at the object often to gather details as you draw. Choose one object and ask, “How many ways can this thing be experienced?” The object may be a tree. If so, touch the bark, feeling its texture. Climb high in its branches, staying to contemplate Experience! Artists through the centuries have practiced creative exercises to help them see. Even Leonardo da Vinci, who is known for his mathematically precise approach to art, told his students to look at clouds and rocks to see pictures in them. You may have tried seeing things in the clouds. Did you know that by doing so you were practicing creativity?
CREATIVE CORY
I appreciate creativity Cory, but don’t you think five days under a tree is a bit much?
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