Texture

__Types of texture__: Everything, including works of art, has a texture or surface. Texture can be rough, bumpy, slick, scratchy, smooth, silky, soft, prickly, the list is endless. __Visual Texture__: Painters and sculptors who work in the Realist style imitate natural surfaces and textures. The actual texture of a painting or sculpture may not be at all the same as the "visual texture" that the artist is imitating. __Illusion of space__: An artist who is trying to create the illusion of space sharply defines texture in the foreground and paints less defined and softened textures in the background.
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Texture is that specific quality of a surface which results of the three dimensional structure of a surface. Texture it is often used to describe the smoothness or the roughness of a surface. There are two types of texture: tactile is real and can be feel by touch, and visual texture is seen by the eye. Our tactile texture provides visual texture as well. Visual texture may be an illusion or real. Our senses of sight and touch are related. As our eyes watch a texture we often response to the tactile qualities without touching it. That is by previous association with similar materials. Scale, view, distance and light are important modifying factors of our perception of texture. All materials have some degrees of texture. The 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. Course textures can make a plane appear closer, reduce scale and increase visual weight. In general texture tends to visually fill the space in which they exist.
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· **Definition of texture ** Texture is that specific quality of a surface which result from it's three dimensional structure. Texture it is often used to describe the smoothness or the roughness of a surface. · **Types of texture ** There are two types of texture: tactile and visual texture. Our tactile texture provides visual texture as well. Visual texture may be an illusion or real. · **How can texture influence the characteristics of a space? ** Texture can affect the characteristics of a space in several ways. The 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. Course textures can make a plane appear closer, reduce scale and increase visual weight.