Working With Texture

First graders worked with the art element of texture for this winter portrait collage project.  They are a joy to see AND to touch!!

Students learned about texture. We went on a texture hunt in the classroom, and found bumpy, smooth, scratchy, soft, and more!  We made crayon rubbings to capture the textures we found.

After the texture hunt, students used plastic texture plates to create a giant texture rubbing. 

Texture rubbing in action!

Our rubbings turned out beautiful...

so we cut them apart and used them in a mixed media collage portrait. 

The hats, coats, and scarves in our portraits are made from pieces of the texture rubbings. 

Good workers even got to visit the "texture store".  If students earned an Art Dollar, they could use it to buy more texture items for the collage, including buttons, foam shapes, yarn, and more.

Finished collage.

Finished collage.

Finished collage.

Finished collage.

Finished collage.

Finished collage.