Texture

1. Texture We can define texture as feel of the surface of an object.

2. Texture is everywhere from every material and object & every surface whether it was man made or natural.

3. Different materials have different textures, using the right material/texture on a design will help create a feel that is called home or anything that the space is design for, like an office or a school. Lets have a look at a few examples of textures/surfaces and how they have been used in different rooms. What would you say the feel/atmosphere is in the following rooms, what are the textures trying to create?

4. Two very different rooms, using different materials/textures. Find two wordsto describe each of them

5. Try the same again, two words to describe each of these rooms

6. Last two rooms, you should end up with twelve different words that describe the rooms. How can you relate those words to different materials/textures?

7. Texture tells a whole lot more then just feel, it tells emotions and thoughts. Rough edges can tell of anger and masculinity,  and smooth surfaces may say pleasure, soft and perhaps femininity.

8. Texture in painting Texture can be added in various ways to paintings and just like the atmosphere in rooms/building spaces It creates a certain mood or expression, lets take a look at a couple of images……….. Van Gogh’s style is known for being very expressive, his paint is applied thickly and with a sense of haste

9. Texture in Sculpture Henry Moore Louise Bourgeois ‘Spider Couple’ Texture in sculpture can represent many emotions and ideas of the masculine or feminine, the rough and the smooth. Giacometti Brancusi ‘The Sleeping Muse’

10. Ways to add Texture to your work Impasto Gel, mixed with paint Handmade paper with micro fibres and glitter glass powder Brushes, knives & combs Sawdust is great for mixing into paint for texture or adding to paper pulp for sculptures Sand mixed into paint