Activity Description: Scouts create artwork that includes different textures using lines, patterns, and optional materials.
- 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
- Chosen art medium (e.g., crayons, markers, paint, colored pencils, or puffy paint)
- (Optional) Textured materials (fabric scraps, foil, string, bumpy paper)
- (Optional) A few household items for texture inspiration (e.g., sponge, book cover, toy, curtain)
Instructions (Estimated Total Time: 25 min):
- Start with a color matching warm-up (5 min)
- Call out a color and have scouts find something nearby that matches.
- Repeat with different colors to get scouts observing closely.
- Explore texture by looking at nearby objects (5 min)
- Ask scouts to describe how things feel: bumpy, soft, smooth, rough, fuzzy.
- (Optional) Let scouts gently touch items to feel the textures.
- Create a drawing or design that shows texture (15 min)
- Scouts use their art medium to include at least three different drawn textures.
- Use lines, patterns, or textured materials to show how something might feel.
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