2.Texture
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. What is texture and what it´s for.
3. Types of textures
1. According to its volume
1. Visual
2. Tactile
2. According to its origin:
1. Natural
2. Artificial
4. Ways of representing textures
1. Through light
2. Through collage
3. Through the technique of 'rubbing’
4. Through the technique of 'print’
1. INTRODUCTION
Our five senses (sight, hearing,
smell, taste and touch) allow us to
have sensory experiences. These
experiences provide the mind
information about the outside
world, and the mind organizes this
information: the activity in that the
mind
organizes
sensory
information is perception.
1. INTRODUCTION
Some elements of art can only be
captured by the eye, such as
colour, line and plane forms. But
others can be explored by sight
and touch: this happens to
texture.
2. WHAT IS TEXTURE AND WHAT IS IT FOR?
What is texture
Texture is like the skin of the
body, it’s the outer limit, which
separates
it
from
the
environment. In short, texture
are the properties that the
surface of bodies have.
For example, we say, the
texture of the metal is cold and
soft, or the texture of this rock
is rough and irregular.
2. WHAT IS TEXTURE AND WHAT IS IT FOR?
Identify objects through to the
texture
The basic element to define
shapes is the "contour line". But
those do not give us complete
information about how
the
shapes and volumes are. For
example, a circumference. The
circumference can indicate from a
plate to a planet. The texture is
what allows to distinguish the
case of an orange, a basketball
ball
or
a
bear.
2. WHAT IS TEXTURE AND WHAT IS IT FOR?
Identify objects through the texture
The following series of images is
constituted by representations of
objects of identical shape and
colour, but for something
different: its texture, in this case:
sandpaper, steel wool, aluminum
foil
or
velvet.
3. TYPES OF TEXTURES
3.1 According to its volume:
Visual and tactile texture
VISUAL
They are the textures that are
perceived through sight and
have no relief. They are twodimensional and what they try,
often, is to imitate the textures of
real objects to give the work a
sense of vivacity and realism.
SOME EXAMPLES OF VISUAL TEXTURES
3. TYPES OF TEXTURES
3.1 According to its volume:
Visual and tactile texture
TACTILE
They are the textures that are
perceived through sight and
touch, and also have relief. They
are three dimensional and they
are often used in art today.
SOME EXAMPLES OF TACTILE TEXTURES
3. TYPES OF TEXTURES
3.2. According to its origin
Natural textures are offered by
surfaces and bodies of the
nature and artificial textures are
the objects made by humans.
Some examples:
The bark of a tree
The surface of the sand
A snake skin
The flip of a coin
The surface of a tennis ball
The texture of a brick wall.
5. WAYS OF REPRESENTING TEXTURES
5.2 Through collage
Textures in modern art
Many contemporary artists prefer
not to imitate materials in their
paintings, if not the picture itself
carry materials to be explored by
touch. They use various resources:
support (which can be rough as
burlap and wood, or smooth as
metal or linen canvas) and the
painting itself (putting it thick and
large quantity).
5. WAYS OF REPRESENTING TEXTURES
5.2 Through collage
Textures in modern art
To make the paint even more
dense, they added sand,
powdered glass or marble, etc..
Finally, sometimes they stick
things to the table: boards,
sheets,
ropes
...
all.
5. WAYS OF REPRESENTING TEXTURES
5.3 Through 'scrubbing'
Rubbing is an easy technique
that allows for passing an
object´s texture directly onto
paper. Place the paper on the
surface of the texture that you
propose to reproduce. Rub the
pencil colour or wax paper. You
can use various colours and
overlap rubbed. Not a bad result,
right?
5. WAYS OF REPRESENTING TEXTURES
5.4 Through 'stamping '
With natural textures
It´s about painting
naturally
textured surfaces with tempera
and pressing them on paper. If
you print a leaf, for example, do
not cover the whole surface with
tempera: let the nerves stay with
no colour to stand out when
printed on paper. Leaves, twigs,
shells, hands, feet ... They´re all
good to stamp.
5. WAYS OF REPRESENTING TEXTURES
5.4 Through the 'stamping '
With natural textures
Try using one color with different
shades. For example: blue
turquoise, ultramarine, prussian
blue: the result is more
interesting than if we use
different colours. We should
overlap prints, to give more
richness to the result, and we
must avoid leaving big holes in
the paper.
5. WAYS OF REPRESENTING TEXTURES
5.4 Through 'stamping '
With artificial textures
Metal frames, soles of sports
shoes, keys, wool, scissors ...
anything is good. You will
proceed as in past practice, taking
care to adjust the viscosity of the
tempera to the type of surface
you´re going to print.
5. WAYS OF REPRESENTING TEXTURES
5.4 Through 'stamping '
With artificial textures
For metal grids or nets it´s
appropriate that the tempera be
diluted in water: so you can
immerse the mesh or net in a tub
with
colored
water.