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Techniques:
Techniques:
- paintbrush, palette knife, and modelling tools
- printmaking — for example etching, intaglio, screen-printing, collagraph, woodblock, lino
- brushstrokes and application of media — for example blended, visible, painterly, expressive, energetic, directional
- painting techniques — for example impasto, scumbling, dry brush, wet on wet, chiaroscuro, sgraffito, glazing, pointillism, broken colour
- sculpture — for example carving, moulding, casting, bas-relief
- effect on mood and atmosphere
- effect on visual impact
Impasto
Impasto
A technique used in painting, where paint is laid on an area of the surface in very thick layers, usually thick enough that the brush or painting-knife strokes are visible.
scumbling
scumbling
A painting technique which involves applying a thin layer of paint with a dry brush and a loose hand over an existing layer.
chiaroscuro
chiaroscuro
(Pronounced: Key-ara-skoo-row)
The use of strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition.
sgraffito
sgraffito
Comes from the Italian word sgraffire which means (literally) "to scratch." The technique involves scratching through a layer of still-wet paint to reveal what’s underneath
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