National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: The Elements of Art: Texture
Students will be introduced to one of the basic elements of art, texture, by identifying different types of textures found in multiple works of art and hypothesize what materials and techniques were used to achieve that texture. Then,...
California State University
Texture
A fun approach to introducing visual texture to primary students. This lesson plan reinforces the different between actual and visual texture in a tangible way.
ArtLex
Art Lex: Still Life
This website provides a definition of still-life as well as many examples of still-lifes and artists who painted them. Includes links to related topics in art such as modeling, texture, and picture.
ArtLex
Art Lex: Mat, Matt, or Matte
This site from the ArtLex Art Dictionary contains definitions for "mat," "matt,", and "matte" as they apply to art. The last definition given in the bunch is the one for "matte."
Marilyn J. Brackney
Imagination Factory: Drawing on Kenaf
In addition to describing the texture and uses of kenaf, a tree-free paper made from a plant related to cotton and okra, this tutorial provides a lesson in drawing on kenaf and choosing pencils.