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Tag Archives: texture
Fool The Eyes: Artists Who Use Their Skills To Challenge Our Perception (Part 4)
In this series of blog posts we have been exploring artwork designed to cause viewers to look again (and even again) at what they think they are seeing. So far we have discussed examples of imaginary space and hidden symbolism, … Continue reading
Posted in Artists and Designers
Tagged Alyson Shotz, Anish Kapoor, art education, art education resource, art installation, Art Textbook, design textbook, Lucas Samaras, mirrored surfaces, mirrors in art, Phillip K. Smith III, reflections, sculpture, texture, trompe l'oeil, Yayoi Kusama
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Fool The Eyes: Artists Who Use Their Skills To Challenge Our Perception (Part 2)
In an earlier post we started a discussion about artists who have used their illusion-making skills to manipulate the viewer’s perception in mysterious or super convincing ways – to fool the eye and trick the mind. You can read that … Continue reading
Design Exercise: The Grid and Found Objects
Last week I wrote about the artist Leonardo Drew. During the process of researching him I came across an interview conducted by Desa Beslic of the Denver Museum of Art. Among other things she asked him to talk about a … Continue reading
Design Exercise: Trompe l’oeil Texture
Those of you who’ve read Chapter 5 of our book Design: A Beginner’s Handbook know that trompe l’oeil is a type of visual texture that involves extreme realism. In fact, the term trompe l’oeil translates as “to fool the eye.” Artists … Continue reading
Letting Your Eyes Feel the Texture
Let’s look at and compare the work of two artists we include on our Pinterest boards. Both artists use clay and both emphasize the element of texture. At first you might think their work would be similar in appearance but … Continue reading
Posted in Artists and Designers, Elements and Principles, Pinterest
Tagged C, ceramics, design element, texture
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