Using shadow, tint and tone to add highlights and shading to a painting is visual – or implied – texture. Jan Van Eyck’s ‘The Arnolfini Portrait’ uses these techniques, creating the ...

This version of texture is known as “visual texture”. Some designers use the terminology of “Implied Texture”. Now, think of the last time you saw a photograph of a beach filled with rocks ...

Two-dimensional works can create implied space using artistic technique. Objects take up positive space, while negative space is the empty space around them. Texture Artists and designers can use ...