You look out the window, and even though you can’t touch it, you can see the layers of texture in the leaves of the old oak tree and its gnarly bark, the multicolored aging brick on the building across the street, the gleaming polished surface of a car.
Imagine the world without texture
- Writers use words like coarse, slimy, bristly, smooth, furry, matted, twisted, scratchy, wrinkled, soft, rough, silky, shiny helps writers describe the texture of an object.
- Artists use visual Texture to enhance and support the artist’s concept behind the work. If something in a photograph is smooth what is the artist trying to say? If something is rough what is the artist saying?
Smooth: makes you feel something is new, clean, simple
Rough: makes you feel something is old, dirty,complicated
Without touching something, how can you tell if it’s smooth or textured???
Smooth Skin vs Rough Skin
Rough Pencil vs Smooth Pencil
Rough Paper vs Smooth Paper
Smooth fur vs Corse Fur
Using Texture with People (smooth vs rough)
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Assignment
1. Two Photos of Man Made Ruff textures
2. Two Photos of Nature Ruff textures
Edit: the images using curves/levels/contrast to bring out the darks and lights of the texture.
Examples
Man Made Texture
Nature Texture
