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
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.
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