Chapter 4: Texture and Pattern
Texture
Used to describe the surface character of woven fabrics and other materials as experienced primarily through the sense of touch
Impasto
A layer of thickly applied pigment
Invented texture
A version of visual texture that makes no reference to visible reality
Actual texture
ACTUALLY related to the materials used to create the work; tactile-physical; rough, sharp, smooth.
Impasto
Most common painting technique that yields actual texture.
Subversive texture
Often both intriguing and repellent, provoking an approach-avoidance conflict in the viewer
Visual texture
The illusion of an actual texture
Goal of visual texture
To simulate the look and feel of actual surfaces and textures.
How are textures used?
To subvert or undermine our expectations of the familiar and fixed notions of reality.
Trompe l'oeil illusionism
Trick the eye
Texture pattern
Used in concert with pattern-design based on the repetition of grouping of elements such as line, shape, color, and texture.