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Texture, pattern and shape

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Actual and visual texture

  • Texture describes surface quality, including smoothness as well as roughness. Physical relief is actual texture; depicted marks can suggest visual texture without reproducing the material’s feel. Both can coexist.
  • The original sampler contrasts pictured raised paint with drawn bark on flat paper. As screen images, neither panel lets you verify tactile properties by touch; the terms describe the represented materials.

Surface and repeated motif comparisons

Surface and repeated motif comparisons

Motif and distribution

  • A motif is a design unit in the repeated arrangements taught here. Regular spacing and varied or apparently random placement describe how units are distributed. Geometric and organic describe the character of those units.
  • The categories overlap: organic shapes can repeat evenly. Tessellation means covering a surface without gaps or overlaps; periodic repetition is common in examples but is not required by every tiling.

Separate motif from distribution

Separate motif from distributionDescriptionWhat it concernsGeometric / organicCharacter of the motifRegular / variedDistribution of repeated unitsRegular organic repeatCategories can combineTessellationNo gaps and no overlaps

Shape, abstraction and negative space

  • Geometric shapes have describable structures such as circles or polygons; geometric does not mean only regular polygons. Organic shapes are free-flowing or irregular and may be invented; natural forms can also show geometric structure.
  • Silhouettes emphasise filled profiles and can use colours other than black. Abstraction can simplify or alter a recognisable source rather than remove every reference. Negative shapes occur around, between and within positive forms.

Describe the shape accurately

Describe the shape accuratelyTermQualificationGeometricIncludes irregular polygonsOrganicCan be invented, free-flowing formAbstractMay retain a recognisable sourceSilhouetteFilled profile, not only blackNegative shapeAround, between or within forms

Practitioners and cultural context

  • Matisse’s cut-outs use gouache-painted paper forms arranged into compositions. Klimt’s The Kiss is a named example of patterned garments and metallic materials including gold leaf. Avoid turning one example into a universal description of either artist.
  • Study specific works, makers, communities and contexts when researching a pattern. Identify sources and distinguish an original response from a reproduction or claim of cultural authenticity.

Use a specific practitioner example

Use a specific practitioner exampleExampleRelevant featureMatisse’scut-outsGouache-painted paper formsKlimt’s The KissPatterned garments and metallicmaterialYour own studyAcknowledge source; develop yourresponse

Recording a suitable surface

  • Use a sketch or photograph, or a rubbing where the surface is suitable and permission is given. Avoid damage to fragile, protected or living surfaces; non-contact recording can answer the same project question.
  • Label source and method, then compare selected features using your own marks. Paper, pressure and tool affect a rubbing, so it records an interpretation rather than every feature exactly.

Record responsibly

Record responsiblyCheckChoiceCan the surface behandled?Use permission and suitablematerialsWould rubbing damageit?Choose sketch or photographWhat feature matters?Select cracks, ridges orspacingHow will it develop?Compare purposeful mark tests

Processes and surface effects

  • Impasto is thickly applied paint with raised brush or knife marks. Sgraffito scratches through an upper layer to reveal a contrasting layer below. Collage and stitching can add physical relief and visual pattern.
  • Frottage records a suitable surface through a rubbing. Drawn marks, lifting and erasing can suggest visual texture; a plain painted area still has material texture. Choose processes for purpose rather than treating a medium as incapable of texture.

Process and surface

Process and surfaceProcessPossible resultImpastoRaised paint ridgesSgraffitoUpper layer removed to exposebelowFrottageRubbing from suitable surfaceCollage / stitchingAssembled or threaded reliefDrawn marks /liftingVisual texture and value

Develop a personal pattern

  • Start from an observed or invented motif and test spacing, scale and rotation. Compare the positive units with the negative shapes between them.
  • Explain how regular intervals or varied distribution affect the intended rhythm or emphasis. Use acknowledged influences without presenting an invented design as a genuine historical or cultural artefact.

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  1. 1.What is texture?

    Easy
    • Athe surface quality of something
    • Bits colour
    • Cits size
    • Dits shape
  2. 2.What is pattern?

    Easy
    • Aa single shape
    • Bone colour
    • Cno design
    • Drepeated elements
  3. 3.What is a geometric shape?

    Easy
    • Aevery shape that resembles a leaf
    • Bonly a shape made without measuring
    • Ca shape described through geometric structure, such as a circle or triangle
    • Donly a mathematically regular polygon
  4. 4.What is an organic shape?

    Easy
    • Aa triangle
    • Ba free-flowing or irregular shape associated with living or natural forms
    • Ca regular shape
    • Da square
  5. 5.What is a silhouette?

    Easy
    • Aa filled shape emphasising the outer profile rather than internal detail
    • Ba detailed drawing
    • Ca texture
    • Da colour
  6. 6.What is impasto?

    Easy
    • Aa thin wash
    • Ba drawing medium
    • Ca print
    • Dthickly applied paint with visible raised marks or ridges
  7. 7.What is sgraffito?

    Easy
    • Aprinting
    • Bmodelling
    • Cscratching through an upper layer to expose a contrasting layer below
    • Dthick painting
  8. 8.What is frottage?

    Easy
    • Acollage
    • Bmaking a rubbing from a surface
    • Cpainting
    • Dcasting

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