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 |