Focus: Surface detail and mark-making
Task:
Choose one natural or household object and draw its texture. You can also do a texture rubbing, where you put something with texture, like material, a leaf, etc, under the paper and rub your pencil over the paper to see the texture from what is underneath.
Skill Pathway:
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Level 1: Simple marks and patterns
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Level 2–3: Repeated texture marks
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Level 4–5: Realistic or expressive texture rendering
Try This If You’re Ready:
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Compare two textures
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Zoom in close
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Use mixed mark techniques
Reflect:
“What marks worked best for this texture?”