| A | B |
| Indirect Painting | Glazing |
| Glaze | A transluscent mixture of medium and pigment |
| Glazing | painting layers of transluscent glaze |
| Underpainting | First layer |
| Medium | made of oils, varnish and solvents |
| Direct and indirect | 2 methods of painting |
| Mahl stick | used to steady artist's hand |
| Impasto | applying thick paint |
| Stain | mixture of pigment and solvent |
| Liquin | Medium we use |
| wipe off first | how to fix a mistake |
| work the whole canvas | to create color harmony |
| Enriched black | mix 3 darkest tube colors or 2 comps with Utram blue |
| Overpainiting | Final layer |
| Lean to fat | thin to thick |
| scumbling | dragging a contrasting color on dry painted area |
| support | the foundation used for a painting |
| Alla Prima | at first sitting, a painting done at one time |
| Setting the palette | putting the tube colors in the same arrangement each time for easy access |
| Solvent | Used to clean brushes and to thin paint color |
| Burnt Sienna | Reddish brown tube color |
| Burnt Umber | Neutral brown tube color |
| Pigment | Dry powder coloring agent |
| Palette | a non absorbent surface to hold and mix paint |
| Tromp l'oeil | Painting style super real, "to fool the eye" |
| Fresco | pigment painted on a wet plaster surface |
| Blocking in | filling in shapes with colors or tones |
| Laying in | drawing shapes with paint |
| Sfumato | blurring sharp outlines with feathering |
| Fumage | making an image with smoke fumes |