Sense of Touch: Texture Collagraphs

I have had little experience with printmaking techniques. Working together with my classmates in the printmaking processes and the creation of art has helped me to learn so much. Bob's direction to make non-representational art in our projects has showed me that there are more artistic options than I thought. I can be more flexible with my own art and that, in turn, will allow me to push my students in directions beyond which they thought they could go.

Thursday - Touch

I have used this exercise with young students before to help them understand texture. They have to come up with a list of texture words to describe the object and then draw it. You don't worry about the representation of the object, just how it feels to you. All of the work we have done this week has such a sense of freedom to it. It works so well to capture the essence of what we are sensing.