Texture on Scratch Art

Students love working on scratch art and they love the process of making their own scratch art even more.  We concentrated on the Element of Art: Texture (visual) and the Principle of Art: Emphasis

Students drew a contour drawing of their animal using a marker.  Then colored the eye of their animal in any color of their choice to focus on emphasis. They colored the rest of the cardboard, trying to avoid the marker lines, in white oil pastel.  The boards were painted in black tempera and allowed to dry.  We talked about the different types of textures animals have and the types of lines to create their desired texture.   It always makes for a therapeutic art project.  I'm pleased with the results only I would go back and have them retouch areas where the paint was brushed off.