Texture Drawing Sampler

Practice texture in this art lesson: texture drawing sampler.

🎨 Studio Brief #6

Create a grid of squares and fill each one with a different texture: wood grain, bricks, fur, feathers, scales, and more.

🎯 Your mission

Draw it slow. Then draw it again, faster.

⚡ The twist

No erasing. Mistakes become part of the drawing.

What you'll learn

Create a grid of squares and fill each one with a different texture: wood grain, bricks, fur, feathers, scales, and more. This is your texture library for future drawings.

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Techniques you'll practise

texturemark-makingcrosshatch

You will need

Charcoal (vine and compressed)Graphite pencils (full range)Bristol boardKneaded eraser

Step 1 of 4

Divide your paper into a 3x3 grid of equal squares.

Step 2 of 4

Label each square with a texture: wood, brick, grass, water, fur, scales, metal, fabric, stone.

Step 3 of 4

Use different pencil marks in each square: short strokes for fur, wavy lines for water, crosshatch for fabric.

Step 4 of 4

Compare your textures. Which feel most realistic? Practice your weakest ones on a separate sheet.

Did you know?

🤯 Mind = Blown

🤯 Drawing the same thing twice usually makes the second one better — and the third one weirder.

🌟 Artist Spotlight

🎨 Leonardo da Vinci filled 13,000+ pages of sketchbooks — most just curious doodles.

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