AT 103
Basic Design I/ Fall 2011
Project 3: From Physical Texture to Visual Texture
Materials:
Tracing paper, graphite, pastels, pencil, ink, marker, color pencils, collage.
Remember to consider the “ground” that you are working on (the paper color/surface) as this will influence what the texture will look like.
1- RUBBING
On several pieces of paper create a texture through direct transfer rubbing. That is, tape the piece of paper to a wall, a tree, a gravestone, a piece of wood, a counter top, the floor, a coin, etc. (something that has a simple and defined actual/tactile texture) and rub it with a crayon or charcoal. This will transfer the texture from the 3-D surface to your 2-D surface of your paper.
You have just successfully created a simulated/implied texture on your paper.
Once you have done with the rubbing. Make few xerox copies of it using different contrast settings.
2- TRACING & DRAWING
Now, lay a piece of tracing paper over your rubbing and trace the entire or texture or fragments that you find interesting onto your tracing paper. This should be done in pencil. Do this several times so that you get a feel for drawing the texture and discover the aspects of the texture that you may find useful for the project.
Finally, try and draw the texture on a new piece of paper. It is not necessarily important to make your drawing “look” real. I am more interested in seeing you experimenting in order to create a New texture based on your experience from the rubbing and observation of an actual one.
3- TEXTURE STUDIES IN SELF REPRESENTATION
Now that you have a catalogue of textures in hand, you will work now in a new study of self-representation, in this case exploring the use of textures.
Remember that we are looking here at a personal expression of the Self, rather than a drawing of your face. Think about what kind of textures would represent you better. You may want to create an abstract composition that illustrates the essentials of the texture or you may choose to be more realistic about your own image, or even to create a story/animation character that would represent yourself in a narrative. You may also use texture to design/describe the background/ surroundings that define/ express who you are.
It is important to remember that no matter which approach you take in this self representation, you will always based on the texture research/ visual exploration we were working at in this project
