Mary Cassatt's (Impressionist) painting shows a variety of textures. The lower half of the painting is roughly textured, while the upper half has softer textures, with the woman's face having a very smooth texture. Cassatt gives the painting texture by using large brush strokes, and a variety of colors. Why do you think that the artist gave this painting so much texture? Texture

Texture is the actual surface feel of an area or the simulated appearance of roughness, smoothness or many others. Examples of other words? Called ‘impasto’ when done in thick paint. DEFINITION? Learn your own definition. Texture

The owl however is a good example of actual texture. It is a 3- Dimensional work of art and so we really can see the actual texture at work. However, it's not real because this owl is not real because it's got a cement body. The different textures between the glassy eyes, the steel legs and the cement body give a lot of textural variety. Actual Texture vs. Implied Texture

The painting has a lot of different implied textures. The grass is created with another texture painting technique called dry brush. It is created by dragging streaks of paint or ink onto the paper. Actual Texture vs. Implied Texture

Collage is French for a term meaning "cut and paste.“ Collage Textures Collages often emphasize texture and the contrast that textural changes can create.

Create the tonal illusion of an egg using a 2B pencil You may scan this and make copies Now look at the people around you and create textural ‘hairstyles’ for each egg Create 4 of these hairstyles – each one showing a different type of hair Don’t forget your illusion of form while you work on the texture!

Texture Painting Techniques Depending of the style and technique that the painter wants to use, different textural effects can be achieved. By dabbing, dotting, swirling, blending and others, painters make implied textures as they create. Upper left: Alla Prima Paint doesn't get blended together. Quick swirling brushstroke. Upper right: Blended Paint getst blended (mixed) together. Brush works the colors together. Lower left: Scumbling Lightly pasing one color of paint over others to build it up to show texture and give a blurry effect. Lower Right: Pointillism Paint isn't blended and is dotted or dabbed onto the canvas. Colors visually mix together.

Texture in painting In this painting the artist used Impasto techniques. Paint is applied so heavily that it feels rough to the touch. Very think paint was applied to the canvas in the face and jacket area of the painting. This is hard to see in a reproduction like this but it is very impasto. In other areas of the painting he created simulated texture. These areas include: his sleeve where the dark light value changes make it look like fabric; his face where it looks like the texture of a face by blending the colors.