The Badge Archive

Draw Three Textures

Activity Description: Scouts explore and draw different textures using lines and patterns.

  • Fulfills Step 2 of GSUSA Brownie Art and Design badge requirements.
  • Fulfills Step 3 of GSUSA Junior Art and Design badge requirements.

Info Needed: Texture in a drawing helps us imagine how things would feel if we could touch them. For example, a drawing of a fluffy cat looks soft and furry, while a drawing of a rough rock looks bumpy. When you touch a 3D sculpture, you can feel if it’s smooth, rough, bumpy, or soft. This helps you understand what the artwork is supposed to be, like a rough tree bark or a smooth, shiny car.

Items Needed:

  • Paper for each scout
  • Pencil or drawing tool
  • Printout of 2D Textures for reference

Instructions (Estimated Total Time: 25 min):

  1. Explore texture by looking around the space (5 min)
    • Scouts describe how things feel: bumpy, rough, smooth, soft, or stringy.
    • Use the texture printout to show how artists use lines and patterns to represent texture.
  2. Practice drawing textures from the reference sheet (7 min)
    • Scouts choose a few textures and draw them on their paper.
    • Use line styles like dots, squiggles, zigzags, or crosshatching.
  3. Create a final drawing that includes at least three textures (12 min)
    • Scouts draw a simple picture or abstract design.
    • Think about how each part might look or feel if you could touch it.
Tia Kennard