LESSON PATTERN INSTRUCTIONS
TEXTURE
DESERT LANDSCAPE
Lesson Objectives: Students will learn about texture and collage
Time Required: 2 sessions
Artist: David Hockney, Nichols Canyon (available online)
Source: Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas, pgs 10-11
Materials (Day 1):
6×9 pieces of white construction paper
Tempera paints: brown, yellow, green, purple, red, blue
Texture tools
Materials (Day 2):
Painted papers
9×12 white construction paper
Scissors
Glue sticks
Presentation: Discuss texture. Discuss landscapes and space: how things that are closer to you appear larger and things that are farther away appear smaller.
Procedure, Session 1:
- Organize stations & rotate students through them.
- At every station, have tempera paint and a different texture tool for the students to experiment with: back of a paintbrush handle to carve swirls on a blue piece of paper for the sky, brown paint mixed with fine sand for mountains, etc.
- Make sure students write their names on all their papers!
Procedure, Session 2:
- Pass out their textured papers and a piece of construction paper.
- Starting at the top and working down, cut pieces of paper to layer in a sky and hills.
- Cut out mountains, cacti, cactus flowers, a sun, and a snake.
- When they like their arrangement, glue everything down.
