Cracked and Peeling Paint
I love it when paint cracks and peels away. Decay is such a thing of beauty. Peeling paint on the ancient door of a Tudor house in Copenhagen, Denmark. Rusty wall […]
Category Archives: Textures
Textures of Rocks on the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland
These two images of rocks from Ireland are from two different places; the first is from Galley Head which had a mass of rocks I want to paint and the […]
Rusty Textures on Canada’s Wet Coast
Lots of rusty textures available on Canada’s Wet, oops West, Coast. First off some appropriately rusty ‘rain’ scenes. Walkers out in a sprinkling of rust. Rust about town… A couple of […]
Palm Tree Trunk Texture
Palm trees from the south grow with horizontal-ringed bark, so different from the bark of the trees that grow in our northern forests. Rough with smooth in Singapore. Similar palm tree with […]
Macros of Various Rocks and Minerals
A selection of macros of various rocks and minerals, all taken with my little point ‘n shoot. Point ‘n shoots are terrifically good at macro images although their depth of […]
Cosmic Challenge: Textures from Mexico’s Walls
Some textures, mostly of plaster walls, from Mexico. Puebla. San Angel. Puerto Vallarta. The colours of this crumbling adobe and plaster wall would make a great backdrop to my Guadalajarian-style pottery. This […]
Circles A-Go-Go, a Polka Dot Abstract
Who doesn’t love arrays of circles arranged in a polka dot pattern. This is the original polka dot sculpture in Bilbao, Spain, cheerful but slightly grimy.This is the sculpture brightened […]
Two Types of Texture: Tactile and Visual
I’ve been thinking about the nature of tactile texture versus visual texture. Tactile is texture that draws your hand out to touch an object – it can be rough as […]
Textures: Pixels Vs. Paint
Pixels can never truly reproduce the tactile quality of real textures created by paint; textures so delicious you want to reach out and touch them. There is however, visual texture, […]
Tree Bark as Inspiration
A few Februarys ago a visit from some friends had us wandering around Van Dusen Gardens. I was disappointed by the garden beds full of anticipation and not much else. But our friends were […]
