Texture in a painting is the feel of the canvas. It can be based on the paint, and its application, or addition materials such as ribbon, metal, wood, lace, leather and sand. Texture in painting stimulates two different senses, visual and tactile. There are four types of texture in art: actual texture, simulated texture, abstract texture, and invented texture. The concept of 'painterliness' also has bearing on 'texture' in painting.
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Simulated texture
(Also known as Implied Texture) Creating the visual effect of texture without actually adding texture.
Abstract texture
Texture that does not seem to match the object its connected with so it has the concept of the object translated in textural patterns!
Invented texture
The creative way of adding alternate materials to create an interesting texture. Invented texture usually appears in abstract works, as they are entirely non-objective.
References
- Ocvirk, Otto H., Stinson, Robert E., Wigg, Phillip R., Bone, Robert O. and Cayton, David L.; Art Fundamentals Theory & Practice Seventh Edition, Calmann & King LTD, 1994. ISBN 0-697-12545-9
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