False the history of art continues on and doesn't end with the demise of the conquest of Contsantinople
If you're using paper, find the object you want to use for the texture. Put the paper on top of the texture. Whatever media you're using (pencil, charcoal, paint, oil pastels, etc.) lightly brush over the paper with your pencil for example, while your texture is underneath.
Contrasting colors. You focus on the person with the umbrella because it's a black figure against a white background.