Activity Description: Scouts explore different types of lines and textures through movement and drawing.
- Fulfills Steps 2 and 3 of GSUSA Brownie Art and Design badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 3 of GSUSA Junior Art and Design badge requirements.
- Leaders – please be aware of double dipping and make your own informed choice.
Info Needed for Step 2: Different colors can show different feelings, like happy, sad, or calm. Colors also help us see and understand what things are, like a green tree or a blue sky. Using colors in art helps make the pictures more interesting and tells a story.
Info Needed for Step 3: Lines in art are like the building blocks of a picture. They help artists show shapes, movement, and feelings. Imagine drawing a happy face with a big smile. That’s using lines to show happiness! Lines can be straight, wavy, or zigzag, and each type can make the picture look different. They can make patterns. They help tell a story and make the art more interesting and fun to look at.
Items Needed:
- Drawing or painting materials (crayons, markers, pastels, paint, or your troop’s chosen medium)
- Paper for each scout
- (Optional) Objects from around the room for inspiration (e.g., toy animal, plant, backpack)
Instructions (Estimated Total Time: 35 min):
- Scouts move their arms or bodies to match different line types (3 min)
- Straight, curved, zigzag, spiral, thick, thin.
- Scouts look around the space and notice different textures (3 min)
- What looks smooth, fuzzy, rough, or shiny?
- Think about how lines and colors could show those textures.
- Scouts practice making different types of lines on paper (10 min)
- Use at least three kinds.
- Fill the page with creative lines, patterns, or textures.
- Scouts create a final drawing using the lines they explored (12 min)
- Draw an object in the room, something from their imagination, or a seasonal scene.
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