brush techniques
Stroke application skills
Brush techniques are the methods artists use to apply paint or ink with a brush.
The term encompasses stroke direction, pressure, loading, and movement—all the physical choices that affect how medium meets surface.
Different techniques produce different textures and effects: She studied traditional Chinese brush techniques, His loose brush techniques give the paintings energy.
The phrase appears most in painting instruction and art criticism.
- featheringAdjusting blade pitch horizontally
- soft edgesIndistinct, gradual boundaries
- shadingDepicting light and darkness
- blendingCombining into uniformity
- contouringShaping with highlights, shadows
cross-hatching · glazing · antiquing · distressing · dry brushing · spattering · swashing · flourishing · brushwork · wet-on-wet · stippling · layering · impasto · stroke order · smudging · dabbing · sgraffito · sweeping
brush techniquesfinger painting
Art using digits directly
drip painting · spray painting · sponge painting · airbrushing · action painting
brush techniquesdigital painting
Artwork made using software
vector graphics · pixel art · photomanipulation · computer-generated imagery · 3D rendering