Texture in Art

Painters sometimes do what to create actual texture in their paintings?

• build up layers of thickly applied paint that can be sculpted

• use only flat paint for a smooth finish

• apply a single layer of paint for a clean look

• mix colors directly on the canvas for a blended effect

This artist was known for replacing actual textures with patterns even though he could have easily implied the actual texture of the objects.

• Pablo Picasso

• Vincent van Gogh

• Claude Monet

• Jackson Pollock

In this painting by Gustav Klimt, spirals, circles, and rectangles within squares are used. In class, we talked about replacing real texture with these types of things. It's called using what in place of real or implied textures?

• patterns

• textures

• colors

• shapes

This artist was famous for his use of texture in paintings because he would sometimes squeeze the paint from the tube directly to the canvas, and he often put sand in his paint.

• Vincent van Gogh

• Pablo Picasso

• Claude Monet

• Jackson Pollock

This type of texture is completely made up and does not have to resemble any real surface qualities.

• invented

• natural

• textured

• realistic

Which of these is a good reason to use Texture in your artwork?

• to abstract reality

• to make a border

• to create interest

• to enhance color

The illusion of a three-dimensional surface.

• implied texture

• actual texture

• visual depth

• surface pattern

An artwork created by pasting cut or torn materials such as paper, photographs, and fabric to a flat surface.

• collage

• mosaic

• assemblage

• fresco

A method of producing textures by placing paper over objects that have raised surfaces and rubbing the paper with graphite, wax, or crayon.

• frottage

• collage

• decoupage

• monotype

The element of art that refers to how things feel or look as if they might feel, if touched.

• color

• shape

• texture

• form