Visual Language: Color, Texture, and Space · Drawing & Composition
Texture and Tactile Art
Using mixed media to create actual and implied textures in sculpture and collage.
Key Questions
- 1How does the physical texture of a sculpture change your urge to touch it?
- 2In what ways can an artist represent the feeling of fur or stone using only a pencil?
- 3What happens to the meaning of an artwork when we change its material from soft to hard?
Common Core State Standards
NCAS: Creating VA.Cr2.2.4NCAS: Responding VA.Re7.1.4
Grade: 4th Grade
Subject: Visual & Performing Arts
Unit: Visual Language: Color, Texture, and Space
Period: Drawing & Composition
Suggested Methodologies
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