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The word ‘texture’ comes from the Latin ‘textura’ and suggests weaving or thread work
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TEXTURE Texture (pattern) plays a key role in drawing and the arts, yet we often think of it as a last-minute surface decoration. Yet, texture is much more than that. At its root, it’s about the repetition of a central theme occurring within a composition. Think of a squiggle, a square, a circle, or a fingerprint. If you took the thing that most defines each of these patterns uniquely and isolated it, that would be the basis of a texture. Observe nature. Often, a texture is not so much a surface as much as a repeat of a central shape. Look closely at what shapes underly the texture. The following pages will provide insight into the pattern making of nature. Some common root shapes
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Wall texture, graffiti, paint and stickers
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