1. Exploring Texture
By: Megan Hohn

2. Texture Defined Texture: The way a surface feels or appears to feel.
How did we use textures to identify our objects?
Our textures were……

3. Here are a few…

4. Mark Rothko Russian/American Artist
Created many drawings and paintings
Believed that children’s art and modern artists paintings had a lot in common.

5. Mark Rothko’s style Color Fields and Abstract Expressionism
Created many textures
Used large blocks of color to express feelings
Reds/yellows= happiness/energy
Blues/greens= sadness and pain

6. Rothko’s work What do you notice about his paintings?
How do you think he was feeling?

7. We will be using….
What can you create?! ?