Sometimes, painters scrub the surface of a canvas to dissolve paint they’ve already applied to it.
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Typically used to mix paint, these knives have also been used to apply paint to a canvas—or even to scrape it off.
Art Terms in Action: Palette Knife
Any cook knows that olive oil and vinegar mix better with egg. With paint, emulsions work the same way.
Art Terms in Action: Emulsion
These household paints are fluid, flat, and glossy—and just one coat should do the trick.
Art Terms in Action: Enamel
Stain over stain over stain! Rothko used layer upon layer of these thin washes of paint.
Art Terms in Action: Stain
What do you get when you take a color and add white, black, or gray?
Art Terms in Action: Tint, Shade, and ...
Is that paint, or toothpaste? Learn several ways to lower the thickness of oil paint.
Art Terms in Action: Viscosity
Paint is composed of colored pigment mixed with a binder, which holds it all together.
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