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Year 10 - Art and design

Texture

Foundation workshops: revisiting elements of art and principles of art

Unit Summary

This unit revisits and reframes the key principles and elements of art. Pupils will study how artists use these elements with greater sophistication. They will carefully examine and analyse the elements and principles, applying them to their chosen art forms and endorsements.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to use texture to make your work more engaging.

Key Notes

  • Texture can make an artwork more engaging by providing a tactile quality that draws viewers in.
  • Different textures can evoke different feelings. For example, rough textures might convey rawness or chaos.
  • Texture can create contrast, emphasising certain areas or elements and adding a sense of three-dimensions.
  • Textures can carry meaning, reflecting concepts like decay, growth or transformation.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • texture: is how something feels or looks like it would feel
  • implied texture: the illusion of how a surface feels. For example, painting an area to look rough or shiny
  • tactile: something you can physically sense and touch

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Texture is only a visual quality, it doesn't add meaning to your work.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Texture can make an artwork more engaging by providing a tactile quality that draws viewers in. Different textures can evoke different feelings. For example, rough textures might convey rawness or chaos.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'texture'

is how something feels or looks like it would feel.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Texture is only a visual quality, it doesn't add meaning to your work. Correction: Texture is one of the tools artists use as a visual language to communicate.

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