ART APPRECIATION LESSON 3: American Artist and History
In this art appreciation lesson, you will see how an artist uses texture and integrate the idea into your own work of art.
Asher B. Durand, Kindred Spirits , 1849. Courtesy of Dover Publications Inc.
Textures can make a scene look more
realistic. When looking at this
painting you can imagine how the bark, leaves, rocks, and grasses feel. This work by Asher B. Durand uses a variety of textures to portray the lush beauty found in nature. Look at how the textures of these painted surfaces could be drawn in pencil, below.
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