An Element of Design

Texture

Texture: • There are two major types or

categories of texture in visual art.

• It is created with line.• It depends on the types of lines

the artist makes.

Texture Types and Categories:

•Tactile: Texture you touch.

•Visual: Texture you see.

Created with Line

Contrasting Texture

Texture of the surface:• Notice that his Brush

stroke creates a Texture that you can see.

• Everything has the same texture in Seraut’s painting because of his brush stroke.

Compare these Two different Surface Textures.

Compare these Two Textures

Tactile Texture Examples:

Woodland Native Corn Husk Mask

• How is the Texture of this mask different from the other two African Masks?