What Is Texture?

By:

Fitzgerald, Stephanie

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Get art smartPublication details: St. Catharines, Ont. ; New York : Crabtree Pub. Co., c2010.Description: 24 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780778751410 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0778751414 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780778751274 (reinforced library binding : alk. paper)
0778751279 (reinforced library binding : alk. paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

701.8 FIT 22

LOC classification:

N7430.5 .F55 2010

Contents:

Kinds of texture -- Artists use texture -- Making thick layers -- What we paint on -- Texture from tiles -- Texture in clay -- Gluing on texture -- Making a rubbing -- Texture in drawings -- Texture in nature -- Words to know and find out more.

Summary: Young artists will "feel" inspired as they explore texture in famous works of art. Readers will learn that objects can have many kinds of textures. They will also learn how objects of different textures can be used in art and how artists can create the illusion of texture on a flat surface.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Booku Library Services	Booku Library Services	Arts & Literature	701.8 FIT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		9780778751274

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Young artists will "feel" inspired as they explore texture in famous works of art. Readers will learn that objects can have many kinds of textures. They will also learn how objects of different textures can be used in art and how artists can create the illusion of texture on a flat surface.

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