-a two-dimensional illusion suggestive of a tactile quality
Both of these images look as if you could touch them and feel the texture but actually you wouldn't be able to, that is why it is called Visual Texture. The book gives a few examples of this type of Visual Texture(feathers, rocks, cloth, etc.). A great way to achieve Visual Texture is by a technique called Trompe l'oeil meaning, "to fool the eye." "The objects are in sharp focus and delineated with meticulous care to create an artwork that almost fools the viewer into believing that the images are the actual objects."
Great work Maggie! Just to echo what you are saying: Tactile texture can be felt such as the surface of a rock. Visual texture is the illusion of texture for example, a photo of a rock.
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