Texture in Art

Texture in art work can be shown in different ways. Most texture is physical and visual together. Some art displays texture visually only. Rarely, because art is a visual art, texture is only physical. The following pictures of art pieces are to challenge you, sixth graders, on what you know or believe to know about texture.

 

 

 

 

George Braques, Violin and Candlestick, oil on canvas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A light colored, old stone wall

 

 

 

 

Robin Antar, Heart Knot, marble sculpture

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glass marble

 

 

 

 

When you are given a minimum description of a piece of art, you sometimes have to make an educated guess on what kind of texture it has. In other words, you need to decide with the knowledge you know and the information you can look up what would be the best answer.

Choose one;

·        Physical

·        Visual

·        Both

Write a good paragraph, minimum of four sentences, on one of these art pieces telling me about your texture choice.