paint drips

Wet color trickles

Paint drips are streaks or beads of paint that run down a surface before drying, typically from applying too much paint or painting on a vertical surface.

They can be unwanted flaws requiring sanding and repainting, or deliberate artistic effects: The abstract canvas featured controlled paint drips à la Jackson Pollock.

Also called paint runs.

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thick · viscous · ooze · trickle · glob · smear · spill · Jackson Pollock · abstract · happy accident · mess · brush · acrylic · latex · bucket · splatters · pooling · gravity

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Opposites
painting technique/application method

paint dripsbrushstrokes

Marks left by painting

brush marks · hard-edge painting · ruled lines · stippling · hatching

precision and control

paint dripssmooth finish

Surface without texture

polished surface

intentionality in art

paint dripsphotorealism

Art imitating camera accuracy

hyperrealism · hard-edge painting · trompe l'oeil

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G