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Texture and Pattern

 

Figure 3.1 Peggy Multiplied, 2007, 14 inches × 20 inches.

Texture and pattern are closely related. When light falls on a textured physical surface the physical relief of the texture creates a pattern of light and shadow. When a dry chalky medium, such as a stick of chalk, is dragged across a rough textured surface the chalk particles are deposited on the raised parts of the textured surface (the “mountains”). We are then left with a pattern of color where we see the surface color showing through in some areas (the “valleys”) and the chalk color showing through in other areas (the “mountains”). The harder you press with ...