1. Texture
How a surface looks and/or feels.

2. Physical Texture
Artwork with an
actual surface
texture that can be
felt by hand.
Texture that is
tactile (can be felt
by touch).

3. Visual Texture
In many forms
of 2-D Art, the
actual texture of
a represented
object cannot be
felt, only
implied.
Self-Portrait (1659) Rembrandt

4. Impasto
A painting
technique that
involves building
depth and texture
through layers of
paint.
Van Gough was a
master of impasto.
Self-Portrait (1889) Van Gough

5. Wheatfield with Cypress (1889) Van Gough

6. How to Create Texture
Texture is related
to value, in that
it’s created by
value changes.

7. How to Create Texture
Texture can be
created by the
repetition of
shape and line
Bedroom at Arles (1992) Roy Lichtenstein