Texture-Architecture

=**Texture:**=

Texture is the apparent look or feel of the surface of an art object. Texture is a tactile property and requires touching to be appreciated. Once we know how a material feels, however, we can interpret a texture with our eyes and can tell visually how it might feel. An architect creates texture in building by certain choices of materials. Heavy, jagged stone may be used in a building to give it a rough texture, whereas delicate, carved woods can give a structure a light and airy look. Texture can also be suggested by the rich layering of shapes and forms on a building. Architects add visual interest to their buildings by using decorative building materials such as siding, stone and woodcarvings, or they can vary the pattern of concrete forms.


 * Challenge: **

Using plain white printer paper divide the paper into four equal parts, either with lines or by some alternative method. Using the BBA campus as your resource find as many significantly different textures as you can.Create at least three pages of textures Record them by doing a rubbing with a soft pencil or piece of charcoal Take photographs of all of your pages and upload the three pages of textures to your e-portfolio