Textures

=Textures=



Texture describes the materials of an objects, and the techniques the author uses to made it. The combination of element with different types of textures can be used to influence the characteristics of a space.

=Textures Notes=

Types of Textures
=== Texture can be rough, bumpy, slick, scratchy, smooth, silky, soft, prickly, and more. Artists create the illusion of texture with paint, wood, stone and clay. Differences in texture can be used to create the illusion of space. ===

Works of art have a variety of actual textures created by the artist's choice of materials and how they are handled. The artist applies color with short, choppy brushstrokes to create the rough texture.

For example: Vincent Van Gogh made an oil painting called: Olives Trees, in which the texture is rough and bumpy.



Source: The Artist's Toolkit

**Podcast Notes** Texture is that specific quality of a surface which results from its three-dimensional structure. Texture is most often used to describe the relative smoothness or roughness of a surface. It can also be used to describe the characteristic surface qualities of familiar materials, such as the roughness of stone, the grain of wood, and the weave of a fabric.

There are two basic types of structure. tactile texture is real and can be felt by touch; visual texture is seen by the eye. all tactile textures provide visual texture as well. Visual texture, on the other hand, may be illusory or real.

Our senses of sight and touch are closely intertwined. as our eyes read the visual texture of a surface, we often respond to its apparent tactile quality without actually touching it. We base these physical reactions to the textural qualities of surfaces on previous associations with similar materials.

Scale, viewing distance, and light are important modifying factors in our perception of texture and the surfaces they articulate. All materials have some degree of texture. But the finest the scale of a textural pattern, the smoother it will appear to be. Even coarse textures, when seen from a distance, can appear to be relatively smooth. Only upon closer viewing would the texture’s coarseness become evident.

The relative scale of a texture can affect the apparent shape and position of a plane in space. Textures with a directional grain can accentuate a plane’s length or width. Coarse textures can make a plane appear closer, reduce its scale, and increase its visual weight. In general, textures tend to visually fill the space in which they exist.

Source: Prof. Carlos Torrealba Podcast