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Concepts, techniques and tools used in oil painting

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A glass muller is needed when grinding paint by hand and to coat the dry pigment in medium. The base of the muller has been sandblasted to form a slight roughness and is usually slightly curved. The ...

Domain: Arts & crafts; Category: Oil painting

Fugitive pigment is a phrase used to describe a pigment's impermanence and tendency to fade or change colour under the influence of natural effects such as sunlight, heat, water, etc. Reynolds ...

Domain: Arts & crafts; Category: Oil painting

Chiaroscuro is an Italian word literally meaning "light dark", most usually used to describe a painting created with strong contrasts, such as Caravaggio.

Domain: Arts & crafts; Category: Oil painting

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