Spencer Museum of Art The University of Kansas

How Does it Feel?

An activity for elementary-school children

Today you will learn about different kinds of texture in art. You will look at visual texture and real texture to learn about how texture may affect how we feel about a work of art.

Rustic Basin by Bernard Palissy and Workshop
detail: Landscape with Four Trees by Birger Sandzén
detail: Steel Wool Peignoir by Mimi Smith
Activity Sheet

Click on any of the images above to begin.