Texture – Implied

Artist: M.C. Escher
Title of Work: Still Life with Spherical Mirror
Year produced: 1934
Medium: Lithography
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Still_Life_with_Spherical_Mirror

Artist: Alyssa Monks
Title of Work: Smirk
Year Produced: 2009
Medium: Oil on Linen
Source of Image: http://alyssamonks.com/popup/popup.asp?sid=5A703C03-07DF-4892-8C93-C85A99011770&imgname=smirk.jpg

Both of these pieces are very good examples of implied texture. Implied texture being texture that is not actually present in the piece (you could not touch the piece and feel different textures), but visually seems to be present in the piece. In the piece by M.C. Escher, he uses value very well to create a strong texture in the reflective surface of the round mirror, it feels as if you could touch it and feel the smooth surface, he also contrasts this with the more rough, dull textures in the surrounding items. In the piece by Alyssa Monks she uses texture to create what seems to be a shower scene with extremely realistic water as well as an extremely realistic figure. The implied texture makes the piece itself look as if somebody as sprinkled water on it.

Line: Implied

Artist: Tornwing
Title: Untitled
Year Produced: Unknown
Medium: Unknown
Source: http://www.studentartguide.com/articles/line-drawings

I really enjoy this piece because its a really good example of implied line. Implied line, most commonly, is using any sort of broken line to create the sense of a line without it being there. The way they use it in this piece makes it much more visually interesting because you have to search a bit more for the image that you normally would.

 

Artist: Suzanne Caporael
Title of Work: Seeing Things: Rain
Year Produced: 1990
Medium: Color Woodcut
Source: http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/encyc_lineimplied.html

In this piece the artist uses implied line to represent the rain. Instead of using full lines to show rainfall, he uses dashed line. This gives more of a feel to the rain and makes the piece more interesting than if it were solid diagonal lines.