ART ELEMENTS REVIEW

THE ART ELEMENTS The Seven Building Blocks of Art LINETEXTURECOLORVALUESPACESHAPEFORM “South Seneca Falcons Love To Celebrate Victories”

TEXTURE TEXTURE is the surface quality of an artwork. “South Seneca Falcons Love To Celebrate Victories”

TEXTURE TEXTURE has to do with your sense of TOUCH

You can either FEEL texture, such as on a sculpture or an impasto painting, or…

SEE texture, such as in a drawing, painting, or photograph.

Real Texture can actually be felt on a real object.

Alberto Giacometti “Bust of Diego” Real Texture

Jennifer Maestre “Pencil Urchin” Real Texture

Meret Oppenheim “Le Déjeuner en Fourrure” (The Lunch in Fur) An unusual texture can change your feeling toward an object.

How is your feeling toward the furry cup different than your feeling toward a furry shoe? Why?

Implied Texture is the impression of texture, where none actually exists on a two- dimensional artwork, such as a drawing, painting, photograph, etc.

“TROMPE L’OEIL” Some artists skillfully use a technique called “TROMPE L’OEIL” (trick the eye) to imitate reality and make you believe that the objects and their textures are real, and not just painted or drawn.

William Harnett “Still Life with Three Castles Tobacco” Implied Texture

Walter Goodman “The Printseller” Implied Texture

Anthony Waichulis “Foul Ball” Implied Texture

Steve Mills “The Tip” Implied Texture

Steve Mills “Bag of Marbles” Implied Texture

Ron Francis “The Green Door” Implied Texture

implied texture Notice how the appearance and feeling of an artwork changes when an implied texture is added. Paul Cezanne “Still Life with Apples”