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The Pocket Universal Principles of Art
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The Pocket Universal Principles of Art

by John A Parks
December 2017
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
208 pages
3h 39m
English
Rockport Publishers
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011 Brush Techniques

Over the centuries, a wide variety of brush techniques have evolved.

Stippling. Paint is applied in small, even strokes so that tonal and color gradations can be created in a delicately broken surface.

Impasto. Paint is applied in heavy, opaque layers.

Scumbling. Paint is built with an array of open marks pulled over the surface in a loose and uneven way to create a soft, broken, and active layer.

Knocking down. A line or edge of wet paint is softened by pulling the end of a brush through it in a crisscross fashion.

Dragging. A brushstroke pulls one color into another to create an active blend.

Dry brush. Only a small amount of paint is put on the end of the brush, which is then dragged along a surface so that ...

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ISBN: 9781631595431