Showing posts with label The art of texture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The art of texture. Show all posts

Sunday, 20 July 2025

Texture Exploration - Filling the Creative Well - Blog Series

 


Texture Exploration

I love creating texture in my art and developing a piece of art that entices you to to run your fingers over surfaces, to notice the way layers interact, and to connect our creative senses. We have all come across art where we have been compelled to touch – mindful of the ‘Do Not Touch’ signs and the gallery attendants.

Texture can give depth and emotion to your work, it doesn’t need to be fancy. Even crumpled tissue paper or a coat of gesso can add a tactile quality to your page. As you build the layers, pause to touch. What does this feel like? What does it evoke?

What Can You Try


  • Experiment with adding texture to your page using unusual tools and materials. Notice how touch changes your process.
  • Explore texture and use tools that aren’t typical: a fork, a sponge, lace, leaves, cardboard, your fingertips. You could also consider layering paper, fabric scraps, or scraping back the paint. Allow the surface to become a story of layers.
  • You can also play with making marks that look textured without being raised. Scribbles, hatching, rough brushwork, and even stitched lines can create visual texture that invites the eye to linger.

Takeaway Nuggets:

  • Texture adds depth, memory, and emotion to your work.
  • Creative exploration often begins with your fingertips.


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Check out some of the free and paid resources below to enhance your creative journey 


Course Platform - there are a variety of FREE courses and resources for you to use in your creative practice.

FREE Tier - Patreon - I have a Free Tier on Patreon that has a selection of early release posts and monthly Digital Download Papers for you to use in your creative projects - Learn More Here

YouTube - Weekly Videos to encourage your creative practice, Slow stitching, art journaling and Artists chats - Learn More Here

Check out Filling the Creative Well which helps you establish your creative practice. In the course Filling the Creative Well, your journal is also a place to answer questions, encourage and motivate you, some days you need a reminder and so filling it with encouraging words so that you can come back to it, especially in those days where you are in a valley is really important.



Thursday, 12 February 2015

Background 2 - My Color is Beautiful Art - I will always Love You Background and Journal Page


Here is the second background that I did and then turned it into a journal page, I used a limited palette to produce this page.



I couldn't resist taking this photo, the sunlight was shining through my window and I thought it looked cool





Lots of texture added to the page


Hope you enjoyed the video, let me know what you think, how do you approach your backgrounds?

Stay blessed and be a blessing!

Monday, 8 October 2012

21 Secrets - The Art of Texture - Christy Tomlinson

I've always loved using texture in my work and Christy's workshop encourages you to play and experiment with different textures including modelling paste.

Poly filler used with glitter and water soluable pencils

I experimented slightly and found that poly filler - the fine one works really well, and I got to use some of the stencils that I hadn't worked with for quite some time.  Here are two different examples from journals that I used the poly filler in.  The one above uses water soluable pencils and glitter and the one below also combines acrylics, stencils as well.  I do like how it raises the surface and will be using it more in my work.

 This is how it started out

I'm not sure if I am finished yet
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