Unit Four: Texture Painting

Duration of Unit:

Studio Focus

Texture Painting

Dates

Number of Weeks

Number of Class Meetings

12.11-1.22

5 weeks

12

Materials Needed:

Art Connections:
Abstract Expressionism

Sketchbooks

Color Field Paintings

Graphite Pencils

Representational Painting

Paint: acrylic and

Tempera

Paint mediums
Sand
Salt

Paint brushes

Unit Overview:
Students will start the unit by completing a teacher-directed texture painting. Students will divide their canvas into 16 equal shapes and apply
dierent but specific textures to each shape, including both real textures through mediums and textures achieved with brush manipulation.
Students will then participate in a short, teacher-led painting. The teacher will walk the students through a painting demonstrating how to use
the textures in a real painting. Students will then design and paint a subject of their choice in the style of their choice incorporating at least three
of the textures studied in class. Throughout the unit students will examine works of art--particularly paintings--that employ texture.

Objective (including skills attained):

Be able to use various sizes and types of paintbrushes to achieve

desired eects.
Apply mediums to paint to enhance or change the nature of the paint.
Transfer knowledge from past ideas units and apply them to current
painting--such as color theory, shading and perspective

Vocabulary and Elements/Principles Studied:

Impasto Painting, Painterly, Abstract, Representational, Contrast, Texture, Unity

Brainstorm, design and complete a painting that is interesting,

meaningful or important them as an individual student.
Critique own art work and the work of peers in a positive and
productive way

At-a-Glance: Unit Four--Texture Painting

Day: One
Sketchbook
Texture Shapes
Introduce
Complete 2-3

Day: Two
Sketchbook
Texture Shapes

Day: Three
Sketchbook
Texture Shapes

Day: Four
Sketchbook
Finish and Turn in Texture Shapes
Discussion: Creativity in Schools

Day: Five
Sketchbook
Paint Background: Tutorial
Thought Questions: Use of texture
and color in master works

Day: Six
Sketchbook
Tutorial Texture Painting

Day: Seven
Sketchbook
Finish up tutorial
Introduce Final Texture Painting

Slides

Rubric
Gesso Boards

Day: Eight
Sketchbook
Design Texture Painting
Workshop: Texture Painting

Day: Nine
Sketchbook
Workshop: Texture Painting

Day: Ten
Sketchbook
Workshop: Texture Painting

Day: Eleven
Sketchbook
Workshop: Texture Painting

Day: Twelve
Sketchbook
Final Critique: Texture Painting

Overview Graded Work: Unit Four--Texture Paintings

Assignments/Work to Count toward Grade:
Assignment

Category

Points

Daily Sketchbooks

Sketchbook

60

Critique: Major art works using Texture

25

Self Evaluation: Texture Shapes

100

Principle Project: Texture Shapes

Principle Project

100

Thought Questions/Discussion: Creativity In Schools

25

Thought Questions: Uses of texture in Example Art Work

20

Texture Tutorial

50

Design: Texture Painting

25

Principle Project: Texture Painting

Principle Project

100

Peer Critique

50

Self Evaluation: Texture Painting

25