1. Texture

2. Texture is how the surface of something feels. This may be actual or illusionary. In drawing and painting artists often try to create the illusion, on a flat surface (paper, canvas, or board), of how something looks or feels. What are the things an artist must look for in order to create the illusion of a surface’s texture?

3. Claude Monet Why does the water look like it has ripples?

4. Gustave Courbet “The Cliffs at Entretat After a Storm” 1870 What did the artist do to make the rocks look jagged?

5. In order to figure out how to create a texture, one must first understand that it is value that creates the texture. When looking at a surface, there are 2 things that one should look for regarding its value. 1. What are the particular patterns of value? 2. How does the value change?

8. Camille Corot Roman Campagna” 1826-1827

9. Edward Hopper “Night Hawks” 1942

10. Thomas Hart Benton “Cradling Wheat” 1938

11. Lilly Martin Spencer “Still Life With Watermelon, Pears, and Grapes”

12. Janet Fish “Stack of Plate” 1980

13. Grant Kniffen “Fishing Time” 1987

14. Maria Elena Da Silva “The Golden City” 1956