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This is the solvent in watercolor paints.
What is water?
These are the hairs that extend out of the ferrule. They can be made of natural or synthetic hair, depending on the brush.
What are the bristles?
This technique uses the toe of the paintbrush to dab at the canvas.
What is stippling?
This paint uses egg yolks as its binder.
What is tempera paint?
When viewing pointillism art, first you should view the piece from afar, then you should do this.
What is, view it up close?
This component of paint is the color.
What is a pigment?
The very tip of the bristles.
What is the toe?
This technique uses a dry brush and paint.
What is dry brush?
This type of paintbrush is long and thin. It is great for lettering and line work.
What is a rigger?
Afterimages are when people stare at a color for a period of time then look away. When they do they see this.
What is, the complimentary color?
This can be added to a paint to thin it out.
What is the solvent?
This is the part of the brush that holds the handle and the ferrule together.
What is the crimp?
Using two colors at the same time but not completely mixing them together.
What is partially mixing?
While slow to dry, this toxic paint can be applied in layers to create an impasto surface.
What is oil paint?
Pointillism is a technique where artists use many tiny _______ to complete a picture.
What is, dots?
Acrylic paint contains this as a binder.
What is, plastic?
This part of the bristles is the closest to the ferrule.
What is the heel?
By holding the paintbrush above the painting and flicking paint onto the canvas/paper, you are using this technique.
What is spattering?
This type of paintbrush is long and angled. Named after a weapon it can create long and flowing lines.
What is the sword brush?
This is the term where our eyes combine colors or adjust colors that are adjacent to each other.
What is optical mixing?
This part of paint can be made from wax, egg yolks, or other materials.
What is the binder?
This is created by the empty space around the inside of the bristles. Many paintbrushes have this, but it comes in different sizes.
What is the paint well?
After a section of paint is dry, going over it again with a wet brush and a new color is called this.
What is glazing?
This paint is made from wax and needs to be heated before it is used.
What is encaustic paint?
This artist was one of the first, and most well know painters that used the technique of pointillism.
Who is George Seurat?