Visual Arts 11 — Textural Explorations
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Textural explorations presentations (for 1¼ hour classes)
Skill builders:
  1. Course introduction
  2. Texture skills 1: Review of contour and proportion
  3. Texture skills 2: Cross-hatching
  4. Texture skills 3: Ink and observed textures
  5. Texture skills 4: Charcoal
  6. Texture skills 5: Pastels
  7. Texture skills 6: Coloured pencil
Idea development:
  1. Texture idea 1
  2. Texture idea 2
  3. Texture idea 3
  4. Texture idea 4
Making the textural explorations project:
  1. Textural explorations 1: Starting the texture project
  2. Textural explorations 2: Greek and Roman art
  3. Textural explorations 3: Northern or Southern Renaissance?
  4. Textural explorations 4: Renaissance art
  5. Textural explorations 5: Neoclassical art
  6. Textural explorations 6: Romantic art
  7. Textural explorations 7: Analysis of Neoclassical or Romantic art
  8. Textural explorations 8: Work day
  9. Textural explorations 9: Peer feedback
  10. Textural explorations 10: The last day
OLD: Making the textural explorations project:
  1. Day one of making the textural explorations project and ancient Greek and Roman art
  2. Day two of the textural explorations project and Renaissance art
  3. Day three of the textural explorations project and Neo-classical art
  4. Day four of the textural explorations project and Romantic art
  5. Day five of the textural explorations project and peer feedback
  6. Last day of the textural explorations project and an introduction to printmaking
Slide template for textural explorations
Exemplars
Galleries of student work: New and old
New Textural explorations gallery cover: Google slides
Old Textural explorations gallery cover: PDF
Textural examples from previous semesters: Google Slides
Advice from former students for textural explorations: PDF & PDF

Daily goal-setting
Evaluation and skill builders
Textural explorations evaluation: PDF — Google doc

Crosshatching skill builder: Google slides & PDF
Crosshatching practice: Google slides & PDF
Cross contour skill builder: Google slides & PDF
Pastels skill builder: Google slides & PDF
Reference - textures in nature: Google slides & PDF

Textural exploration skill builder reference images: Google slides
Image reference template for the printmaking project: Google slides
Skill builder - A window portrait [pdf]
Handout: Skill builder - A window portrait [pdf]
Textural Explorations - outline [pdf]
Handout: Textural Explorations - outline [pdf]
Criteria and Vocabulary for the texture project handout versions