Chapter 7: Overview of Texture

Amy Haney

Chapter 7: Overview of Texture

“Don’t worry about how you ‘should’ draw it. Just draw it the way you see it.” Tim Burton

Element: Texture

(artist) British, 1800 – 1877 (artist) British, 1800 – 1877

photogenic drawing negative

https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.92338.html

TEXTURE: an element, texture is the surface quality or “feel” of an object, its smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. Textures can be actual or simulated. Actual textures can be felt with the fingers, while simulated textures are visually suggested by an artist when drawing things like drapery, metal, rocks, hair, etc.

Read the definitions below and decide which or if any images match words.

ABSTRACT TEXTURE: texture derived from appearance of a surface that is simplified or rearranged by an artist.

ADDITIVE SCULPTURE: building, assembling, or adding material in a sculptural format.

CROSSHATCHING: lines passing over hatched lines in a different direction, usually resulting in darker values.

EARTHWORKS: artwork created by changing land while using natural or organic materials.

ERASE: the removal of graphite or charcoal in a drawing.

FROTTAGE: a texture or transfer process in which a piece of paper is laid on top of a surface then drawing media or charcoal is rubbed across the paper surface to create an impression.

HATCHING: a repeated stroke of an art tool, producing clustered or uniform parallel lines that create value.

IMPASTO: a thick application of paint with a palette knife.

INCISE: cutting or scratching into a surface.

LEGATO: a smooth connection.

OVERLAP: when a liner shape moves in front of another to convey depth.

PAPIER COLLÉ: the addition of scraps of paper that are pasted to a surface to enhance pattern or tactile effects.

REPETITION: a texture, shape, or color used multiple times.

SCUMBLE: layered media on a surface applied with texture to illustrate the illusion of color interaction.

SGRAFFITO: an approach used to reveal color below by scratching or removing a top surface.

SUBTRACTIVE DRAWING: a drawing created by the removal of the top surface media.

TACTILE: something you can touch.

TOOTH: a rough or smooth surface area of paper or canvas.