Intro to Drawing
Assignment 5
Texture Drawing
Texture- is the surface character of a material that can be experienced through touch or the illusion of
touch. Texture is produced by natural forces or through an artist’s manipulation of the art elements. The
sense of touch helps to inform us about our immediate surroundings. Our language, through such as
smooth, rough, soft, and hard, demonstrates that touch can tell us about the nature of objects. Texture is
really surface and the fell of that surface depends on the degree to which it is broken up by is composition.
This determines how we see it and feel it. Rough surfaces intercept light rays, producing lights and darks.
Glossy surfaces reflect the light more evenly giving a less broken appearance.
Create Three drawings which incorporating different uses of texture.
Drawing 1
Collage is the use of a flat surface to arrange an assemblage of paper, found printed material such as
photos, clippings from magazines or newspaper, photocopies, images from the internet, movie tickets etc.
You may cut or tear images. Please look for different types of surface, soft, hard, smooth, etc in your
collage elements. Drawing should be incorporated into the collage image.
Materials: 14 x 17 Canson paper glue stick, pencils, conte, graphite etc.
Student Examples:
Magazine photos and colored pencil
Magazine photo and graphite
Drawing 2
Simulated texture- The copying or emulation of an object’s surface. You will create an image
using simulated texture. You will copy or emulate the texture of real objects. You will render the
objects and recreate the texture.
Materials: Canson paper, conte, pencil, charcoal.
Students examples:
Pencil
Pencil and Charcoal
Drawing 3
Invented texture- A texture whose only source is the imagination of the artist. It generally
produces a decorative pattern. You will create an image of invented texture of any subject you
chose.
Materials: paper, maker, pencil, graphite, pen and conte.
Student examples:
Sketch book assignment: Create a thumbnail study of each these final drawings.
(Preliminary sketches)