Texture

How it is used

Artists talk about actual texture, such as thick paint or rough stone, and implied or visual texture, such as painted fur or silk that looks real. Common verbs are build up, create and add. The adjective is textured.

Example sentences

1. He mixes sand into the paint to give the surface more texture.

2. Look at how the painter suggests the texture of velvet with just a few highlights.

Common collocations

• surface texture
• rough texture
• visual texture
• build up texture

Related terms

• brushstrokeA single mark made by a paintbrush, or the visible way an artist puts on paint; it can be smooth and hidden or thick and expressive.
• contrastA strong difference between two parts of an artwork, such as light and dark, warm and cool colours, or rough and smooth surfaces.
• mixed mediaThe use of more than one material or technique in a single artwork, such as paint, collage, photographs, fabric and found objects.
• reliefA sculpture in which figures or shapes stand out from a flat background, like those carved on temple walls, coins or sarcophagi.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• texture · Software Engineering
• texture · Game Development
• texture · Food Science & Technology
• texture · Interior Design

More terms: Visual Elements & Composition

• composition
• perspective
• palette
• foreground
• chiaroscuro
• proportion
• vanishing point
• focal point
• foreshortening