Handling the paint.

Handling the paint.

1. Tools

   • Paintbrush
     • Material
       • Synthetic
       • Sable
       • Badger
     • Size
       • Broad
       • Fine
     • Shape
   • Sponge
   • Palette knife
     • Thick
   • Rags
   • Hands
   • Stick

2. Application

   • Visible ground
   • Thick or thin
   • Flicked
   • Blend on canvas or palette
   • En plein air (open air)
   • Quick or slow
     • Mark making visible
   • Layered

3. Brushstrokes

   • Visible or invisible
   • Multi-directional
   • Directional
   • Expressive
   • Tight or loose
     • Movement
     • Painterly
   • Smudge
   • Streak

4. Recognisable techniques

   • Impasto
     • Thick paint
     • Foreground & distance
   • Glazes can be applied
     • Luminosity
   • Alla Prima
     • No primal drawings
     • Considered method
   • Scumbling
     • Opaque over opaque showing through
     • Colour breaking through