Creating Different Textures With Acrylic: A Textured Owl Activity
The term texture simply means how something feels when it is touched, and in the world of art, creating different textures can make for a fun and unique activity. If you’re looking for a great texture activity to use with your art students, keep reading to learn how I incorporate just a few supplies to create a fun art lesson my students (and yours) will remember.
What is texture in art?
Going in just a bit more depth, teaching texture in art has many pros. Artists often use texture in their artwork to show dimension and tell a story. With every brush stroke or piece of material used, there is a meaning behind it.
Some artists use a variety of materials to add texture, which gets into tactile texture. These are pieces of art that have a unique feel to them. The same result can be met by using a variety of paints. In the case of the textured owl activity, I used different sheets of paper along with random texture tools (forks, etc.).
Creating Different Textures with Acrylics
Using acrylic paints to create textured art has many pros:
It’s versatile in nature.
It offers a plethora of vibrant colors.
It has a stable finish.
It’s water soluble and water-resistant when dried.
These are just a few reasons why you can create beautiful textured artwork with acrylic paints. To give you a few texture ideas that can be done with acrylic paints, you can use:
Dry brush
Washing
Stippling
Splattering
Dabbing
Palette knife
Detailing
Underpainting
Glazing
Layering
Painting in blocks of color
A Textured Owl Activity
For this particular art activity you will need the following materials:
different sheets of paper
texture tools
scissors
an owl template
Begin by having your students create different textures on the pieces of paper and the owl before cutting and assembling the pieces together. Allow their creativity to flow by layering different sheets of paper for the background, as well as using different textures for each part of the owl.
Let them explore with different kinds of textures as well as a variety of colors. Encourage them to mix colors together and allow textures to cross one another. Once the pieces are dried, have your students glue the pieces together for a finished piece of textured owl artwork.
I’d love to know if you do this activity with your students! Let me know in the comments below!!