Texture

Texture is one of the seven elements of art.  An artist's use of texture, whether actual or implied, has a an important effect on the experience of the viewer. 

An artist can use actual texture by painting on an already textured surface, such as a piece of driftwood.  Or, an artist might use textured medium or heavy body paint to create actual texture on a painting.  On my Pintrest board, we see this in Carol Nelson's mixed media paintings, as well as David Mensing's skyscapes.   I played with actual texture in my "Bull of Heaven" painting, which I also placed on this Pintrest board.

Implied texture can also be a powerful artistic measure to create pattern and make a painting seem real.  Leonid Afremov creates the illusion of an extremely wet, slippery sidewalk in his brilliant pallet knife painting pictured on my Pintrest board.  Paul Lung creates the illusion of ultra soft animal fur in his photorealistic pencil drawings.  In my painting, "Bonnie in a Blanket," I used pattern and implied texture to give the impression of my mother's crocheted afghan blanket.

Texture is one of my favorite art elements, and one I hope to accentuate in my own work.

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