Texture refers to how an object feels or looks like it would feel if touched. It is an element of art defined by qualities like rough, bumpy, slick, smooth, etc. There are different types of texture including tactile texture perceived through touch, visual texture which represents tactile textures graphically, natural textures found in nature, and artificial textures of man-made objects. Artists use various textures in their works depending on their style, with some examples given like Van Eyck, Durer, Monet and Picasso who incorporated textures in different ways in their art.

1. TEXTURE

2. DEFINITION.
•Texture is the skin of things.
•A texture of something is the way that it feels when
you touch it.
• It is the element of art that refers to the way an
object feels to the touch or looks as it may feel.

3. • Everything has a texture or a surface.
• Texture can be:
• Rough
• Bumpy
• Slick
• Scratchy
• Smooth
• Silky
• Soft
• Prickly
• ... The list is endless!!

4. MEANING
SMOOTH- Liso, suave.
ROUGH- Áspero.
HARD- Duro.
SOFT- Blando, suave.
WOVEN- Leñoso, entramado, tejido.
BUMPY/ LUMPY- Pedregoso, irregular.
JAGGED/ IRREGULAR- Dentado, serrado,
irregular.
RIDGED - Estriado

5. ROUGH- Áspero.
ROCKY- Rocoso
SOFT- Suave
WET-Húmedo
SANDY- Arenoso.
FURRY/ HAIRY- Peludo
BUMPY- Pedregoso, desigual.
FLUFFY- Esponjoso, mullido.
SLICK- Pulido, resbaladizo.
WOVEN- Tejido.
PRICKLY- Espinoso, erizado.
SCALY- Escamoso
POINTY- Puntiagudo.
FLAKY- Desconchado.

6. TYPES OF TEXTURE
• Tactile
• Visual
• Natural
• Artificial

7. TACTILE TEXTURE
• We perceive it by
touching an object.
• Every material has a
different touch, so it is
a different texture.

8. VISUAL TEXTURE
• When we represent a
tactile texture using
graphic elements, we
get a visual texture.
• We can create visual
textures using different
art procedures:
scrapping, stencilling,
printing...

9. NATURAL TEXTURES
• They belong to natural elements, like the skin of an elephant, the cortex
of a tree or the surface of a rose petal...

10. ARTIFICIAL TEXTURES
• The surface of any object made by us: steel, paper, different kinds of
fabrics...

11. Textures in Art Creation
• Artists use textures in their artworks

12. • Artists use different types of textures depending on their style or the
period of Art History they belong to.

13. •Let´s see some artists that used textures, visual
and tactile, only a
few of them because the list is endless.

14. Jan Van Eyck

15. Durero

16. Archimboldo

17. Monet

18. Monet
Close- ups of his artworks

19. Van Gogh

20. Picasso´s collage

21. Max Ernts Frottage

23. Brancusi

24. Roy Liechstein

25. Anselm Kiefer

26. Miquel Barceló

27. Lita
Cabellut