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2. Gouache - Wikipedia

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   Gouache (/ ɡ u ˈ ɑː ʃ, ɡ w ɑː ʃ /; French:), body color, [a] or opaque watercolor is a water-medium paint consisting of natural pigment, water, a binding agent (usually gum arabic or dextrin), [1] and sometimes additional inert material. Gouache is designed to be opaque. Gouache has a long history, having been used for at least twelve ...

3. Watercolor painting - Wikipedia

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   An artist working on a watercolor using a round brush Love's Messenger, an 1885 watercolor and tempera by Marie Spartali Stillman. Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), also aquarelle (French:; from Italian diminutive of Latin aqua 'water'), [1] is a painting method [2] in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water-based ...

4. Paint - Wikipedia

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   Gouache is an opaque variant of watercolor, which is based around varying levels of translucency; both paints use gum arabic as the binder and water as a thinner. Gouache is also known as 'designer color' or 'body color'. Poster paint is a distemper paint that has been used primarily in the creation of student works, or by children. There are ...

5. Glaze (painting technique) - Wikipedia

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   Scumble is a technique similar to glazing, except that the coating is opaque, and is just painted on very thinly to allow bits of the paint below to shine through. Scumbling works by a principle similar to that used by pointillists, mixing colors optically. While most painters glaze with dark colors, scumbling is more popularly used for lighter ...

6. Red pigments - Wikipedia

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   Red lac, also called red lake, crimson lake or carmine lake, was an important red pigment in Renaissance and Baroque art. Since it was translucent, thin layers of red lac were built up or glazed over a more opaque, dark color to create a particularly deep and vivid color.

7. Acrylic painting techniques - Wikipedia

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   An opaque glaze or paint consists of more paint than water, and will give a more solid color. A translucent glaze or paint will be the opposite, consisting of slightly more water than the opaque version, and will have a smoother texture. Translucent glazes show more of the colors underneath the paint compared to opaque glazes.

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9. Wash (visual arts) - Wikipedia

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   In interior design, a wash or color wash of paint on a wall can be used to create a textured effect as a faux finish. [2] In ceramics, a wash is typically a coloring oxide thinned with water applied to the piece to achieve an effect similar to a glaze. [3] Digital image creation software can have features that simulate the painting technique. [4]