This art project takes inspiration from Maurice Sendak's book "Where the Wild Things Are" and teaches students how to add visual texture to create images of wild animals. Students are instructed to use an 18x24 sheet of white paper and draw various animals such as rhinos, sheep, elephants, bears, fish, and alligators. Details are then added to give the drawings visual texture and make the wild things come to life.

1. Wild Things with
Visual Texture
Inspired by
Maurice Sendak’s
Where the Wild
Things Are
By Tricia Fuglestad

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4. Students
use
A 18”x24”
sheet
of white
paper.
Set up
vertically

29. Get ready
to add
Visual
Texture?
What is
this?
Click
here

31. rhino sheep
elephant bear
fish alligator

32. rhino sheep
elephant bear
fish alligator

33. rhino sheep
elephant bear
fish alligator

34. rhino sheep
elephant bear
fish alligator

35. rhino sheep
elephant bear
fish alligator