Basecoat:
Applying first layer of color to an area or surface.
Shading and Highlighting:
Applying a color on top of basecoat to create lights and darks. This will add depth to your painting.
Details:
Adding final touches to finish your painting. Fine lines, center to flowers, stems, extra grass blades around foreground trees, posts, paths, etc.
Scumble:
Webster's 20th Century Unabridged Dictionary explains scumble as follows: Scumble, verb: 1. in painting to soften the outlines of color or by applying a thin coat of opaque color, to apply color in this manner. 2. in drawing to soften the outlines of by rubbing or blurring. I use the term scumble when explaining how I paint clouds.
Tapping:
Pouncing colors on for bushes, trees and flowers. This is done with Suzie's Foliage Brushes. Twist and turn brush in different directions for irregular shapes. Usually I double or tripleload the brush with two or three colors of paint. This helps for better blending. Remember to soak brush in water to soften bristles, then flair out bristles. Dry brush before using.
Double and Triple Loading:
Having two or three colors on brush and overlapping into previous color and so on. This gives you a softer blend between colors.
Wet on Wet:
Picking up the next color on your brush and overlapping into previous color while it is still wet. This makes it easier to blend acrylics.
Dirty Brush:
Leaving color on brush and picking up next color and so on. This gives you a softer blend between colors.
Dry Brushing:
Using an old worn out brush or scruffy brush. Use dry and very little paint in brush. Lightly brush on areas to highlight, shade or add tints or other colors. This adds old wood look to barns, on fence posts, trees, etc.
Combos of Colors:
I use this phrase often in my instructions. This means I use a combination of different colors to paint an area instead of using one color at a time.
Glazing:
Adding medium to paint, to tint an area or adding extra highlights and shadows. This builds depth to your paintings.
Antiquing:
I use DecoArt Heavenly Hues to antique or tint areas around a printing or finished wood pieces. This helps to tone and soften your pieces. Also this can make them look old, depending on the colors you use.
Spattering:
Thin paint with water and use your foliage brush and flick area with paint. I use this for snow falling, or add extra colors to a finished piece.
