Get the Feel of It!

It's been a typical crazy summer week and I'm just now finding time to post about last week's Art with a Buddy class--Get the feel of it. We explored all kinds of textures. First we felt several items in a bag and tried to figure out what it might be by the texture. Then we made a texture encyclopedia by gluing all kinds of fun things inside a folder-- cotton, wool, sand, seeds, beans, tinfoil, etc. Then we went on a texture scavenger hunt using a crayon to rub over the different textures, making an "implied" texture on our paper. They finished up by making a picture using all the fun textures. It was fun to watch them running around the park, finding new textures everywhere. Part of being an artist is observing the world around you. This type of activity helps young children to recognized the similarities and differences in all the things around them.