5th Grade Texture and color in 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 layoutsimply 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