Questions: Texture and Touch in Art

Question 1

What is texture?

• A. How something smells
• B. How something feels when you touch it
• C. How something tastes
• D. How something sounds

Answer: (B)

Texture is how something feels when you touch it. Smooth, rough, bumpy, and soft are all words that describe texture.

Question 2

Which of these is a rough texture?

• A. A glass window
• B. A silk ribbon
• C. Sandpaper
• D. A soap bubble

Answer: (C)

Sandpaper feels rough and scratchy when you touch it. It is a great example of a rough texture!

Question 3

You can make a texture rubbing by putting paper on a bumpy surface and rubbing a crayon over it.

• T. True
• F. False

Answer: True

Yes! When you rub a crayon over paper that is on a bumpy surface, the bumps show through on the paper. This is called a texture rubbing.

Question 4

All art should feel smooth when you touch it.

• T. True
• F. False

Answer: False

Not at all! Art can feel rough, bumpy, soft, or scratchy. Different textures make art more interesting and exciting to touch.

Question 5

Touch three different things near you. Describe how each one feels.

Model answer: Example: 'My shirt feels soft, the table feels smooth and hard, and the bottom of my shoe feels bumpy.'

A good answer names three objects and uses texture words like smooth, rough, bumpy, soft, scratchy, or squishy to describe each.