Texture



The tree dimension structure of a surface. Texture is a specific quality of the surfaces which results from its 3-dimension structure. Texture is most often used to describe the relative smoothness or roughness of a surface. It can also be used to describe the characteristic surface qualities of a million materials such as the roughness of stone, the grain of wood and the weave of a fabric. There are 2 basic types of texture: tactile and visual texture. Tactile texture is real and can be felt by touch; visual texture is seen by the eye. Tactile texture provides visual texture as well, visual texture on the other hand can be illusionary. As our eyes read the visual texture of a surface, we often respond to apparent tactile quality without actually touching it. We base these physical reactions to the textual qualities of surfaces on previous association with similar materials. Scale, viewer distances and light are important modifying factors in our perception of texture and the surfaces they articulate. The relative scale of a texture can affect the appearance shape and position of a plane in space. Textures can make a plane look closer, reduce scale, and increase its visual weight. In general textures tent to visually fill spaces.

There are different types of texture, a surface can be: __ Rough: __ It means not smooth or even and implies a surface or texture distinctly unpleasant to the touch __ Bumpy: __ Having or covered with protuberances on the surface __ Slick: __ to make sleek or smooth __ Scratchy: __ marked or made with scratches __ Smooth: __ having a continuous even surface __ Silky: __ smooth or fluid in motion __ Soft: __ smooth or delicate in texture __ Prickly: __ full of or covered with prickles. Source: Merriam Webster Dictionary

Differences in texture can be used to create the illusion of space, defining texture in the foreground and painting less defined and softened textures in the background (in the case of paintings)



Painters and sculptors, who work in the realistic style, imitate natural surfaces and textures. This means that the actual texture of a painting or sculpture may not be at all the same as the one we can see. And this is **visual textures.**

This bag is made from marble, the texture that it seems to have is not real.

How can texture influence the characteristics of a space? Texture can make a place look soft and comfortable or rough and rustic. Although, as color, textures are a very good tool to make a difference between intersected volumes for creating combined spaces