Texture Discussion Notes (2)

Everything has texture.

There are TWO different types of Texture

1. Physical or Tactile Texture
2. Visual Texture

1. Physical or Tactile (3D – 3 dimensional)

• We perceive the tactile texture of an object by touching it
• Everything has a different texture –
• Physical texture can be Natural or Artificial – Bring a variety of items from home to show the kids examples of physical/natural texture (piece of wood, smooth and rough rocks, pine branch, etc.) and artificial texture (fabric, steel cheese grater, legos, etc.)

A.  Nature textures belong to natural elements like:

• rocks – smooth and/or rough bumpy
• bark of a tree – smooth or rough
• surface of a rose petal – smooth
• branch of pine tree – prickly, poky

B.  Artificial textures are the surfaces of man-made objects like:

• steel
• fabric – soft, silky
• leather – bumpy
• balls – smooth, bumpy,
• sand paper – course, rough

2.  Visual Texture (2D – 2 dimensional)

• Is the illusion of physical texture in a photograph or a piece of art
• The texture you see in a photograph or a piece of art are visual textures.  No matter how rough objects look in a photograph the surface of the photograph are still smooth and flat.
• Show some pieces of art and ask what kinds of texture they “visually” see

We create visual texture using different art procedures.

• mosaics
• folding paper
• stamping, stenciling
• crayon rubbing
• adding different medium to the artwork – sand, folder paper, sequins, fabric
• using different type of paper – smooth paper vs water color paper vs canvas board
• painting – using dots and lines to convey a different texture.
• painting with different tools – forks, toothbrushes, sponges, straws, cotton balls, q-tips