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Drawing: Observational into Imaginary

Lesson 6

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Exploring Texture

Why do some lines seem to have a specific texture?

Why do you think artists include texture in their drawings?

How does including a variety of textures in a drawing impact what �you see?

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Exploring Texture: Writing

Think about a texture that you like, �it could be fuzzy, squishy or spikey. �Now, think about adding that texture to an object that does not normally have texture.

Write a response to each of the following questions:

How would adding an imagined texture change your object?

Would the new texture change the function of your object?

Imagine holding the object—is it gross? Funny? Pretty?

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Exploring Texture Sketchbook

Go back to your observational drawing from Lesson 3 (or draw a new object) and add a texture that will transform your object.

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Exploring Texture: Close Looking: Meret Oppenheim

Take a moment to look at this surrealist sculpture by the French artist Meret Oppenheim.

What surprises you about this sculpture?

Why do you think the artist chose to add texture to this object?

Meret Oppenheim, Object, 1936, Museum of Modern Art, New York (on cover)

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Remote Arts Learning Partnership

Module Two �

Studio in a School NYC Team

Julie Applebaum, Senior Director

Remote Arts Learning Partnership Project DIrector

Writing Team Project Team

Nick DeMarco Jamie Powell Belinda Blum Nicola Giardina Paul Urevitch

Robin Holder Tim Thyzel Andrea Burgay Katherine Huala

Graphic Design

Don Giordano

NYC Department of Education OASP Team

Karen Rosner, Director of Visual Arts

Amber Lodman, Arts Program Manager Kaitlin Trammell, Remote Arts Learning Partnership Project Coordinator

NYC Department of Education Visual Arts Teacher Team

Maria Bonilla Susan Bricker Amie Robinson Lara Tyson

These educational materials were created through a partnership with Studio in a School NYC and The New York City Department of Education Office of Arts and Special Projects (OASP) and made possible by the generosity of The New York Community Trust.