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Paint vocab

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Direct painting Wet on wet or wet on dry. Not composed of distinct layers
Mean all at once in Italian. Type of direct painting where it all at once, setting Alla prime
Combination of numerous layers of paint on the final surface of the painting Indirect painting
Putting translucent films of color over a dry under layer of oil or tempera Glazing
Is a powder coloring agent Pigment
Mixes with the pigment to hold the pigment particles together without dissolving them Binder
Is the paint component that spreads the paint Vehicle
Refers to the binder or binder and vehicle added to facilitate pigment application Medium
Mixture of 2 liquids, one is present as a fine dispersion droplets Emulsion
In thin board/ slab used for holding and mixing colors Palettes
Is the technique of applying thin layers of wet opaque color Scumbling
Is paint applied thickly Impasto
Opposite of the loaded brush used for impasto Dry brush
The smooth , prepared surfaces of a support to which paint is applied Ground
Consists of pigments suspended in a solution of water and gum arabic Watercolor
Opaque watercolor that includes a small amount of chalk powder and more gum arabic Gouache
Term used with thinned ink or watercolors, which flow freely Wash
Is water- soluble paint with binder of egg, glue, or casein emulsion Tempera
Paint prepared by grinding pigments powered with linseed oil Oil paint
Pigment suspended in acrylic polymer medium Acrylics
Pigments suspended in hot beeswax results in a lustrous surface Encaustic
Egyptian center for encaustic paintings for mummy portraits Fayum
An ancient wall or ceiling painting technique in which very finely ground pigments suspended in water applied to a damp lime-plaster wall Fresco or buon fresco
Dry fresco is done on a finish, dried lime-plaster Secco fresco
Wall painting Mural
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