facture
noun
fac·ture ˈfak-chər 
: the manner in which something (such as a painting) is made
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The impression of freshness and immediacy is reinforced by the paint’s facture. 
Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2021 In art, the inefficiencies of hand facture were understood as essential markers of meaning. Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 19 Aug. 2021 These sensuous aspects — the painting’s facture, the colors’ intensity — are as important, in their way, as Mondrian’s organization of form and space. Washington Post, 12 May 2021 Her face, while more contoured than Eva’s, still quivers with facture, the tenderness of coming-to-be embodied in Kiely’s additions, erasures, and smudges. Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2021
Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2021 In art, the inefficiencies of hand facture were understood as essential markers of meaning. Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 19 Aug. 2021 These sensuous aspects — the painting’s facture, the colors’ intensity — are as important, in their way, as Mondrian’s organization of form and space. Washington Post, 12 May 2021 Her face, while more contoured than Eva’s, still quivers with facture, the tenderness of coming-to-be embodied in Kiely’s additions, erasures, and smudges. Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2021 Word History
Etymology
Middle English, "manner of making, shape," borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin factūra "working (of metal), make, fashion," from factus (past participle of facere "to make, do") + -ūra -ure — more at fact
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above