The following assignment was inspired by a lesson in the book “Drawing for Older Children & Teens” by Mona Brookes. I first introduced my students to the art elements of color and texture. Then we briefly looked at the works of Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee for inspiration.

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PROJECT SUMMARY

Focus: Color and Texture
Summary: Fill a page with doodles. Fill in some areas with solid color and some with textured color.

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PROJECT DETAILS

Instructions

• Begin in one spot on the paper and start drawing doodles. Create as many doodles as you like. The only rule is that no doodles should overlap or interfere with any other doodles.
• You can draw both geometric (that is, squares, triangles, circles etc.) and organic doodles (squiggly "natural" shapes). Or you can draw only geometric shapes or draw only organic shapes.
• Fill your paper with doodles.
• Fully color your page in crayon, marker or colored pencil, or a combination of these media.
• Use solid color in some areas.
• In other areas, experiment with implied texture: lines, cross hatching, dots, dashes, squiggles, smudges, etc.

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STUDENT WORK

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