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TEXTURE

This document discusses the element of art known as texture. It defines texture as how surfaces feel or appear to feel through touch or vision. It explains that texture can be perceived through both the sense of touch, known as tactile texture, and through sight alone, known as visual texture. The document compares different types of textures such as rough versus smooth, matte versus shiny, and discusses how artists use texture in their works to add meaning or represent different materials.

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TEXTURE

This document discusses the element of art known as texture. It defines texture as how surfaces feel or appear to feel through touch or vision. It explains that texture can be perceived through both the sense of touch, known as tactile texture, and through sight alone, known as visual texture. The document compares different types of textures such as rough versus smooth, matte versus shiny, and discusses how artists use texture in their works to add meaning or represent different materials.

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PRINCIPLES OF ART

Texture
In this chapter, you will:

• Explain how texture is perceived through the senses.


• Compare and contrast different textures in personal artworks and in those of
others.
•Analyze the use of texture in the artworks of others to express meaning.
WHAT IS TEXTURE?

Texture is the element of art that refers to how things feel,


or look as if they might feel, if touched. Textures play a role
in decisions you make every day.
HOW YOU PERCEIVE TEXTURE

You perceive texture with two of your senses: touch


and vision.
Tactile Texture — the texture you feel

Visual Texture — the illustration of a


three dimensional surface
There are two kinds of visual texture: simulated and
invented. Simulated textures imitate real textures.
Invented textures appear as two- dimensional patterns
created by the repetition of lines or shapes.
Texture and Value

The appearance of a surface depends on how it


reflects light. Every surface displays a pattem of light
and dark values From the pattern of light and dark
values, we can make a judgment about the texture of
a surface or an object even if we cannot touch it
ROUGH AND SMOOTH TEXTURES

The roughness or smoothness of a texture can be


determined by looking at its light and dark values A rough
surface reflects light unevenly. It shows Irregular patterns of
light and shadow. A smooth texture reflects light evenly
MATTE AND SHINY TEXTURES

A matte surface is a surface that reflects a sof, dull light. It


absorbs some light and reflects the rest. A stany surface is
the opposite of a matte surface A shiny surface is a surgace
that reflects us much bright light that it seems to glow.
How Artists Use
The texture of surfacesTexture?
is important in every form of visual art.
Our mindss are full of texture memories. Artists use both visual
and real textures to make you remember those texture
experiences.
Ivan Albright was a painter who
loved to depict decaying aging
objects with meticulous
precision. He painted the skin of
the old gentleman in Figure 7.6 to
accent and exaggerate every tiny
wrinkle. Look at the painting
How many different kinds of
textures can you identity?
In contrast. Pierre-Auguste
Renoir (ren-wahr) painted
people with healthy glowing
complexions .
painted by Judith painted by Rembrandt van
Leyster Rijn
painted by Vincent van
Some painters add real textures
to their work by attaching various
materials to the work's surface.
Some artists add sand and other
materials to the paint.

painted by Joan Mitchell


Sculptors must also be
aware of texture because
the tactile texture of each
surface must fit the
whole. Some sculptors
imitate the tactile texture
of skin, hair, and cloth:
sculptured by John
others create new textures
Hoover
to fit new forms.
sculptured by Edgar
THANK YOU
FOR LISTENING!

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