String Crayon Rubbing

   In Kindergarten, part of our initial texture exploration involved us using crayons and string pieces to create crayon rubbings.  We read the book 'Where the Wild Things Are' and we looked at the illustrations and found places that were showing great texture- plants, fur...  We then looked at a power point that showed many examples of textured surfaces.  We discussed as a class how if we were to feel the image, it would not feel the way it appeared.  Students then were able to get a piece of string and then arrange it in many ways to create their own implied textures.  The students had a lot of fun experimenting with their strings and seeing how they showed up in the crayon.

   Here are some of our string implied texture artworks: