Have students paint on window glass or plexi-glass. Different textures can be created with different brush strokes and different thicknesses of paint. Shape Have students cut triangles, circles, squares, rectangles and ovals from pieces of light cardboard. Take the pieces of cardboard with holes cut in them outside and use the shape-holes as viewfinders to locate shapes in the environment. Draw the contour of objects in magazine photos.
Form Use the viewfinders again to explore the difference between shape and form.
Look at forms in the environment. Have students begin to think about what holds a form up. Use the word structure. Look at animal skeletons. Look at pictures of buildings under construction.