Animals in Their Natural Form - (Yesenia Martinez Fajardo) 

Lion: A Newfoundland Dog depicts a dog among a landscape of hills and/or mountains. In this painting, Edwin uses curved lines in most of the dog's fur to give the dog a ruffled texture. In other words, because of the curved lines, the dog is given a somewhat rough feeling to the touch and there might be an implication of tangles in the fur. Edwin also uses barely visible lines on the face and legs to give those areas of the dog a soft and smooth feeling. In all, there's a rough and smooth texture to this dog.

Turkish Horse depicts a moving horse. In this sculpture, Antoine-Louis uses movement and lines together to form the horse's firm texture. As the horse puts weight on its left hind leg and lifts both its right hind leg and left front leg, Antoine perfectly creates lines, with depth and shadow, corresponding to the movement. Because of the movement and lines, the formation of muscle is created, and in turn, gives the horse a hard feel to the touch (aside from what the sculpture is made of).

Hummingbird depicts a colorful hummingbird feeding from a tree with the bird being the actual creation. In this creation, Ernest uses smooth, curved lines and a gathering of short lines to give the bird its soft appearance and implied texture. The hummingbird's thinly drawn lines add to its soft appearance too. Overall, the form of the lines achieves the realistic texture to a hummingbird.

Amulet depicts a dolphin. In this sculpture, the artist uses shape to further develop the dolphin's texture. As one looks closely at the shape of the dolphin, one can see how smoothly the whole shape connects. There are no pointy edges. There are smooth curves. So because of the way the shape is formed smoothly, the implied texture of the dolphin can be said to be smooth.

Rabbits depicts two rabbits. In this drawing, Seiho utilizes texture itself and barely visible lines to give the rabbits their soft, realistic appearance and touch to the human. He paints the rabbits in a soft texture, where it looks cloudy, and paints lines with the color used. Overall, these two rabbits are implied to be soft with the help of the cloudiness and hidden lines.

Lacquered Wooden Sika Deer depicts a deer at rest. In this sculpture, the artist uses texture itself and color to achieve the deer's overall feel. First off, the polished lacquered wood gives the horns a hard and smooth texture. Then, the yellow orange color used for the oval like shapes on the deer's "skin" gives the deer a somewhat dry feel to it. After all, the yellow orange color can be alluded to hot and dry things. Either way, the overall texture of the deer is hard and smooth horns with a touch of dry skin or fur, which is depicted by the shapes rhythmic flow.

Cat Stencil depicts a cat among a pile of grass. In this work, the artist specifically uses lines to give the cat it's texture. In other words, the short and sharp lines gives the cat an implied prickly feel to the touch. To further develop this implied texture, the artist also uses emphasis by creating a pile of white lines on the cat's face. It adds focus on what the cat's "fur" looks like, which is short and sharp, and therefore together focus and create the prickly fur or touch.

Crocodile Sand Container depicts a crocodile. In this piece of artwork, the artist uses jagged lines on most of the crocodile's body to indicate its rough and hard texture. The rock like shapes formed on the top of the crocodile also adds to this texture. Overall, as the lines join together to form scale like shapes, there's an uneven feel to the object.

An Owl depicts an owl perched on top of what could be a slice of log. In this sculpture, Josip uses both space and lines to fix the owl's texture. The lines are thick and there are deep spaces around the owl's body. With these elements in place, the owl is given a rough texture. There seems to be no indication of softness.