Texture

Texture

1. In the visual arts, texture is the perceived surface quality of a work of art. It is an element of two-dimensional and three-dimensional designs and is distinguished by its perceived visual and physical properties.

~Physical~

Physical texture, also known as actual texture or tactile texture, are the actual variations upon a surface. This can include, but is not limited to, fur, wood grain, sand, smooth surface of canvas or metal, glass, and leather. It differentiates itself from visual texture by having a physical quality that can be felt by touch. Specific use of a texture can affect the smoothness that an artwork conveys. For instance, use of rough surfaces can be visually active, whilst smooth surfaces can be visually restful. The use of both can give a sense of personality to a design, or utilized to create emphasis, rhythm, contrast, etc.

as you can see in the picture you can see the texture of the wood post and the metal chain wrapped around it along with the grass texture.

Everything has texture even drawings for example

~Visual~

Visual texture is the illusion of having physical texture. Every material and every support surface has its own visual texture and needs to be taken into consideration before creating a composition. As such, materials such as canvas and watercolor paper are considerably rougher than, for example, photo-quality computer paper and may not be best suited to creating a flat, smooth texture. Photography, drawings and paintings use visual texture both to portray their subject matter realistically and with interpretation. Texture in these media are generally created by the repetition of shape and line.

Light\Color\Value

Light:

Something that makes things visible or affords illumination

This is showing different value through light sources from different places. The shapes transform depending on where the light source is hitting the object.

Because there is light, there is also a shadow for each light source. Without light, everything would be black. No color would exist either because color is just the reflection of different light streams into your eyes. 


Color:

Color is the element of art that refers to reflected light. The color wheel is made up of three different types of colors - Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary. The light streams go in the same order of the rainbow, so it goes: Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet/

The primary colors are red, yellow, and blue.  They are called primary for a couple of reasons.  First, no two colors can be mixed to create a primary color. In other words, primary colors can only be created through the use of natural pigments.  Secondly, all other colors found on the color wheel can be created by mixing primary colors together.

Value:

Value deals with the lightness or darkness of a color.  Since we see objects and understand objects because of how dark or light they are, value is incredible important to art. Value deals directly to light.  We see things because light reflects off of objects and goes into our eyes.  Our mind processes the light and rationalizes what we are seeing.  Without light, we cannot see anything. In order to draw or paint in a way that creates an illusion of what we normally see, we must fully understand light and how it reacts on surfaces.  Value is the key to the illusion of light.  This is why value is so incredibly important to drawing and painting.

Lets Talk About Space

1. Space
   Space is an area that an artist provides for a particular purpose. Space includes the background, foreground and middle ground, and refers to the distances or area(s) around, between, and within things. 
   
   
   Positive and Negative
   The area around positive shapes, the background, is negative space. A solid piece of sculpture occupies space, and makes the space around it come to life.
   
   Scale
   Scale refers to the size of an object (a whole) in relationship to another object (another whole). 
   
   Illusion of Space
   Illusion of space is something created by artists through their use of color, shadow and perspective. it gives the viewer the feeling that the painting has depth, rather than being the 2 dimensional surface that it is. 
   
   2D Space
   2D space refers to the flat surface region of a drawing/painting upon which one creates the artwork.  2D space is measured in two dimensions – width and height.

   

   3D Space

   3D space refers to the real space of an object/figure in an environment, as well as the seemingly real appearance of a form drawn/painted to create a sense of real-life illusion on a 2D space. 

   

   
   

Shape and Form

Concave/Convex: Creating images through drawing extrusions or recessions in surfaces through lines and shading, resulting in a 3D affect that can appear as either extruding or receding. 

Positive/Negative: the use of imagery to produce two images within the other, using the negative spacing within one image to produce a separate image. 

Organic: Creation of artwork incorporating the natural randomized flow found in nature. Such as tree branches or vines which have no symmetry, everything is different.

Pyramid:  Taking the shape of a pyramid as a solid object or one comprised or smaller pieces which make up the body of the image.

 Solid/Void: Solid and void are given shape, creating the illusion of an object possessing more mass than it truly does, usually resulting in hollow areas or recesses within the object.

Project 2

project 1& 2

Brittany Partello Project Two