A | B |
Gouache | opaque paint (tempera) |
sable | soft bristles on brushes - good for watercolor |
Displacement of paint | moving paint around by scraping |
3 different kinds of washes | flat, graded, streaked |
Light to dark | method of painting using transparent watercolors |
lift out | use a damp paint brush to lift out unwanted pigment |
blot | remove wet paint with a paper towe |
Highlights | use mask resist to avoid painting where the light bounces off the surface of an object |
4 different kinds of texture | scrape, salt, sponge, spatter |
Dry brush | detail work done with very little water in the loaded paint brush |
Wet in wet | painting on a wet painting to create a streaked effect or a soft, fuzzy look |
Stretching water color paper | do before painting, to prevent warping of painted paper |
Cold press | bumpy texture/tooth/surface |
Hot press | flat, not a bumpy surface/smooth |
Block | a pad of watercolor paper that has glued edges all around |
2 different shapes of brushes | FLAT OR ROUND |
GLAZE | IS A THIN TRANSPARENT WASH PAINTED ONTO THE PAPER |
Mask or resist | USED TO BLOCK COLOR , THEN REMOVED AFTER FINISHING |
Palette | a white, non absorbent, flat surface on which to mix colors |
Tooth | surface texture of the paper |