Clark - Shaw Magnet School

Clark - Shaw Magnet School Lesson Plan Art 1, 2 Texture

Teacher’s Name: Rick Boone Dates: Monday 10/03/16 through 10/07/16

Learning Objective(s): Students will identify and describe texture in artworks; Describe, analyze, interpret, and judge an artwork.

Bell ringer: Each day record interesting textures by making rubbings with crayon and paper. Label the textures with descriptive words.

Essential Vocabulary: Define each key word or phrase: texture, tactile texture, and visual texture.

Essential Question: How would changing materials and textures in an artwork change the meaning of an artwork? Explain.

Materials and Equipment: 7th grade Textbook, notebook, 8.5 x 11 white sketch paper, regular pencil, white eraser, color pencils, markers.

Technology: Scanner and printer

Activities: Texture is the way something feels to the touch or, in the case of a two dimensional artwork, the way an object appears to feel. The way an object really feels is called actual, or tactile, texture.

Preview the lesson by looking at the painting and photographs on page 52 in the 7th grade textbook. Identify textures in the photographs, using descriptive words. Compare and contrast textures you see in the painting. The way a surface appears to feel is known as what?

About the Artwork: Horse #2-85 by Deborah Butterfield on page 53 is made from recycled materials, including barbed wire, metal scraps, wood scraps, and an old tire. How would you describe this as a message of how the West has changed?

Describe: What recycled materials do you see in the sculpture?

Analyze: Why is the arrangement of objects important to the artwork?

Interpret: In what way are the materials in the sculpture like the role of horses in the old west society of years past?

Judge: What impact does this sculpture have on you?

Scan objects with texture: Bring an object with texture. Scan the object. We will print out the scan. Use shading, tints, color schemes, etc. to manipulate the contrast and enhance the object’s texture.

1 National Visual Art Standards: NVAS (5-8) #2 Using knowledge of structures and functions; NVAS (5-8) #5 Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the works of others

Alabama Content Standards: ALCOS Art Ed, Grades 7-12: Level 1, #7 Describe personal, sensory, emotional, and intellectual responses to the visual qualities of a work of art. ALCOS Art Ed, Grades 7-12: Level 2, #7 Use appropriate visual arts terminology in response to works of art, including the elements of art and principles of design.