ART CONTENT IN

TEACHING TEXTURE
 TEXTURE IN ART
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TEXTURE IN DIMENSIONAL ART
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CONTENT TYPES OF TEXTURE
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Texture in Art
• In the visual arts, texture is the perceived surface qual
ity of a work of art. It is an element of two-dimensional
and three-dimensional designs and is distinguished by
its perceived visual and physical properties.
• At its most basic, texture is defined as a tactile quality
of an object's surface. It appeals to our sense of touch
, which can evoke feelings of pleasure, discomfort, or
familiarity.
• Texture is the way something feels to the touch, or loo
ks to the eye. Words like rough, silky, shiny and dull h
elp writers describe the texture of an object.
• Textures are described by a whole host of adjectives.
Rough and smooth are two of the most common, but t
hey can be further defined. You might also hear words
like coarse, bumpy, rugged, fluffy, lumpy, or pebbly wh
en referring to a rough surface. For smooth surfaces,
words like polished, velvety, slick, flat, and even can b
e used.
Texture in Dimensional Art
Three-Dimensional Art
Three-dimensional artwork relies on texture and you ca
nnot find a piece of sculpture or pottery that does not in
clude it. Fundamentally, the materials used give a piece
of art texture. That may be marble, bronze, clay, metal,
or wood, but this sets the foundation for the work feels if
it were touched.
• Many times you will see texture used in patterns such
a series of intersecting diagonals lines that give a surf
ace a basketweave look. Rectangles staggered in row
s offer the texture of a brick pattern and concentric, irr
egular ellipses may imitate the texture of wood grain.
Texture in Dimensional Art
Two-Dimensional Art
-Artists working in a two-dimensional medium also work
with texture and the texture may either be real or implie
d. Photographers, for instance, almost always work with
the reality of texture when creating art. Yet, they can en
hance or downplay that through the manipulation of ligh
t and angle.tal
• Texture is something that artists can play with through
the manipulation of their medium and materials. For in
stance, you can draw a rose on a rough textured pape
r and it won't have the softness of one drawn on a sm
ooth surface. Likewise, some artists use less gesso to
prime canvas because they want that texture to show
through the paint they apply to it.
Basic Art Element — Texture
Texture is a basic element of art. Anything tha
t has a surface has texture. Texture is the wa
y a surface looks and feels. Fine artists often
use texture in the following ways:
-Create a focal point.
-Add interest.
-Provide contrast.
-Visually balance their compositions.
Types of Texture

The Two Types of Texture:

Tactile and
Visual
Tactile
Tactile texture is the real thing. It is the actual
way a surface feels when it is felt or touched,
such as rough, smooth, soft, hard, silky, slimy
, sticky, etc. 3-D art such as sculpture and arc
hitectural structures are tactile because they
can be felt. Examples of natural texture would
be wood, sandpaper, canvas, rocks, glass, gr
anite, metal, etc.
Visual
Visual texture is not actual texture. All texture
s you observe in photographs are visual textu
res. No matter how rough objects may seem t
o appear in a picture, the photograph’s surfac
e is always going to be smooth and flat to the
touch.
THANK YOU

reporter:
Trixie Mae D. Espino