Texture may be actual, as found in the materials of architecture and sculpture or it may be visual texture, an illusion created by the painter’s skill. Naturalistic paintings can reproduce the appearance of various textures in the same way that photography does. Visual texture is also present in the way brushstrokes are handled: rough, loose, smooth or dappled.Texture is the visual design element which refers to the surface of an object. There are two types of texture: tactile and implied.
Texture is one of the more subtle design elements. It can make an image richer and more interesting, but is not likely to save a poor composition all by itself (Shaw).
Types
1. Tactile texture is texture which we can feel or touch. Tactile texture, also referred to as “real texture” is three-dimensional.
2. Implied texture is a two-dimensional illusory texture which can be seen, but not touched.