Various types of texture – actual, visual and physical - can add an extra dimension to an artwork. Artworks can have an actual texture that the viewer could touch. Meret Oppenheim’s ‘Squirrel’ is a ...

Thus far in this series, I have discussed the question of what is art, two (2) elements of art, and some principles of design. Fundamental to all this, however, must be an understanding of the three ...

This feeling can vary depending on the materials the artist used to create the piece of work. It could be smooth, bumpy, coarse, rough or many other textures. Actual texture is the result of the ...