There is nothing scary about these adorable texture monsters created with construction paper, the elements of line and texture, and screaming with imagination. This project covers Common Core Standards for Language Arts for grades K-3 which can be found at the end of the lesson.
Grade Level
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Grade – The examples in this lesson are made by 2nd graders.
Objective
In this, Texture Monsters Art Lesson, students will design monsters using line elements.
Time
4 – 30 min lessons
Materials
- Pencils
- Scissors
- Tru-Ray Sulphite Construction Paper, 12 x 18 Inches, Black, 50 Sheets – 054150
- Tru-Ray Heavyweight Construction Paper, White, 12″ x 18″, 50 Sheets
- Oil pastels – Pentel Arts Oil Pastels, 50 Color Set (PHN-50)
- Glue Stick – Elmer’s Glue Stick (E4062) (7 sticks)
- 12×18 Watercolor paper – Canson XL Series Watercolor Textured Paper Pad for Paint, Pencil, Ink, Charcoal, Pastel, and Acrylic, Fold Over, 140 Pound, 12 x 18 Inch, 30 Sheets
- Brushes – Acrylic Paint Brush Set, 1 Packs / 10 pcs Nylon Hair Brushes for All Purpose Oil Watercolor Painting Artist Professional Kits
- Liquid Water Colors – Sargent Art 22-6010 10-Count 8-Ounce Watercolor Magic Set
- Or this mini version for homeschooling – Sargent Art 22-6210 10-Count 4-Ounce Watercolor Magic
- Kleenex for blotting paint
Inspiration/Artist
I was inspired to make this lesson, when I saw this idea from Deep Space Sparkle. Click Here
Instruction with Questions
Day 1
Review what students know about Line, Texture, and Patterns. Define each one with the students with examples.
Line:
A line is an identifiable path created by a point moving in space.
It is one-dimensional and can vary in width, direction, and length.
Lines often define the edges of a form. Lines can be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal, straight or curved, thick or thin.
Texture:
Texture refers to the way an object feels to the touch, or looks as it may feel if it were touched.
Pattern:
Repetition refers to one object or shape repeated;
Pattern is a combination of elements or shapes They are repeated in a recurring, and regular arrangement
Videos:
Line defined – From Goodbye-Art Academy: Click here
Texture defined – From Goodbye-Art Academy: Click here
And just for fun – Even my older students love this – Sesame Street: Abby Cadabby teaches Josh Gad about Texture: Click Here
Day 2, 3 and 4
Read the book “Monsters Love School” by Mike Austin
Read the book “Where the Wild Things Are“, by Maurice Sendak
Discuss what the monsters in the book look like. Guide them in a discussion about how they think the author drew the monsters. Do they think the lines came first or second? Maybe even do a short demonstration and ask them which one was more effective. This is a great introduction into this lesson and the technique of “resist.”
Next, review the types of “line elements.” Next, ask students to stand up and put one finger in the air. They raise their hand and tell me a type of line and the whole class draws that line in the air.
Follow DeepSpaceSparkle’s lesson plan to teach this project. The steps are all laid out for you and very easy to follow.
My students had the choice of one, two or three eyes, and if their monster had teeth.
You can find all of the directions on her site here: Click Here
Here are some finished Texture Monsters pieces!
Common Core Standards
K-2 – Language Arts
Children’s adventure stories, folktales, legends, fables, fantasy, realistic fiction, and myth. Includes staged dialogue and brief familiar scenes. Includes nursery rhymes and the sub-genres of the narrative poem, limerick, and free verse poem Includes biographies and autobiographies.
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