Texture Definition -In the visual arts, texture is the perceived surface quality of a work of art.

It is an element of two-dimensional and three-dimensional design and is distinguished by its perceived visual and physical properties. Use of texture, along with other elements of design, can convey a variety of messages and emotions. - Texture in painting is the look and feel of the canvas. It is based on the paint, and its application, or the addition of materials such as ribbon, metal, wood, lace, leather and sand. The concept of 'painterliness' also has bearing on texture. The texture stimulates two different senses; sight and touch. There are four types of texture in art: actual texture, simulated texture, abstract texture, and invented texture. -texture (plural textures) 1. The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something. -The word texture means: what things are made of and how they feel. Textures can be described as rough, smooth, hard, soft, liquid, solid, lumpy, gritty etc. The word texture is used for many different things. It can even be used in abstract senses, e.g. for music and poetry. Definition: 1. [noun] the feel of a surface or a fabric; "the wall had a smooth texture" 2. [noun] the essential quality of something; "the texture of Neapolitan life" 3. [noun] the musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together; "then another melodic line is added to the texture" 4. [noun] the characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality -Texture Texture creates the feeling of an object. Physical Physical texture, also known as actual texture or tactile texture, are the actual variations upon a surface. This can include, but is not limited to, fur, wood grain, sand, smooth surface of canvas or metal, , glass, and leather. It differentiates itself from visual texture by having a physical quality that can be felt by touch. Specific use of a texture can effect the smoothness that an artwork conveys. For instance, use of rough surfaces can be visually active, whilst smooth

surfaces can be visually restful. The use of both can give a sense of personality to a design, or utilized to create emphasis, rhythm, contrast, etc.[1] Light is an important factor for physical artwork, because it can affect how a surface is viewed. Strong lights on a smooth surface can obscure the readability of a drawing or photograph, whilst they can create strong contrasts in a highly texture surface such as moose or pigs. Visual Visual texture is the illusion of having physical texture. Every material and every support surface has its own visual texture and needs to be taken into consideration before creating a composition. As such, materials such as canvas and watercolour paper are considerably rougher than, for example, photo-quality computer paper and may not be best suited to creating a flat, smooth texture. Photography, drawings and paintings use visual texture both to portray their subject matter realistically and with interpretation. Texture in these media are generally created by the repetition of shape and line. Implied texture is a visual texture that has no basis in everyday reality.[2] It is most often utilized in works of abstraction. Examples of physical texture

Berlin Green Head, 500BC. Note the smooth texture and mood of the bust.

Animals are often defined by their physical texture, such as a fuzzy kitten or this scaly iguana.

Ralph's Diner, Ralph Goings, 1982. The actual physical texture of this painting is smooth, despite its visual textures.

Examples of visual texture

View From the Window at Le Gras, Nicphore Nipce, 1826. Photography.

Canticle, Mark Tobey, 1954. Note the sandy visual texture.

Cataract 3, Bridget Riley, 1967. Visual texture through repetition of line. Image texture An image texture is a set of metrics calculated in image processing designed to quantify the perceived texture of an image. Image Texture gives us information about the spatial arrangement of color or intensities in an image or selected region of an image.[1] Image textures can be artificially created or found in natural scenes captured in an image. Image textures are one way that can be used to help in Segmentation (image processing) or classification of images. To analyze an image texture in computer graphics, there are two ways to approach the issue: Structured Approach and Statistical Approach. Examples of materials, techniques and tools which can be used with acrylic paint in order to create different textures and surfaces: sugar, tea leaves, salt, pasta, egg shell, candle wax, rice, sand, sandpaper, crepe paper, sponges, sea salt, stenciling, masking tape, collage, clingfilm, drybrush, blotting, gloss and matte mediums, turpentine, plastic wrap, Japanese papers, waxed paper and tissue paper.

Texture Techniques

Several different plaster and texture techniques may be applied to a wall to give relief. Trowel on plaster by hand. Hold the sharp edge of the trowel against the wall at about a 30-degree angle. Move the plaster around the wall with the flat portion of the trowel. Texture may also be rolled on with a paint roller. You can use a large paint roller, but a 3-inch roller is easier to handle and will not feel as heavy once loaded with plaster. Randomly roll the plaster onto the wall. Leave as is, or then knock down the high areas of the plaster with a putty knife or use the trowel.

definition One important element in art is the texture (texture). Texture is something we can see, taste (with fingers) on a surface. For example, as the surface of cloth, rocks, plants and many more. There are two types of textures are 'optical' as seen and 'Tactical' texture that we can feel and touch. If we feel, the texture elements are actually very interesting if we look closely. Especially if we look at from various angles. -Texture or "texture" is one of the art of public significance. As we learned earlier, teksture also divided into two which is a flat (2D) or can be felt, touched, held, transported, etc. (3D). Purpose of the distribution is, we see it looks like there, but when held in fact a piece of paper for example. So only a mere illusion. For example, if you want to buy rubber mats - now come in many varieties. Some even spill each other really do not like the carpet just like when you hold it is only a mat only and you can not feel the thread as the actual carpet.