stippling
Pointillist painting method
Stippling is a technique of creating texture, shading, or images using small dots or short strokes rather than continuous lines.
Artists stipple with pen, brush, or other tools; the density of dots determines how dark an area appears.
The technique appears in drawing, painting, tattooing, and even concrete finishing.
The portrait was rendered entirely in stippling, thousands of tiny ink dots building up the shadows.
Dot-based art technique
- halftoneDot-based image reproduction
- speckleSmall spot of color
- dappleSpots of contrasting color
- frecklesPigmented skin spots
peppered · spatter · flecked · pockmarked · dotted · spotted · mottled · pixels
Drawing with nib and bottle
- hatchingEmergence from an egg
- crosshatchingIntersecting parallel lines for tone
- shadingDepicting light and darkness
- renderingInterpretive depiction or performance
tone · value · gradation · contrast · depth · volume · contour · form
Acid-incised metal print
- engravingCarving into hard surfaces
- aquatintTonal etching process
- intaglioCarving cut below surface
- burinPointed engraving implement
copperplate · drypoint · mezzotint · woodcut · linocut · lithography · crosshatching · plate
Uneven surface quality
- graininessGrainy visual texture
- granularityLevel of detail
- coarsenessRough or vulgar quality
- bumpinessUneven surface quality
tactility · surface · feel · embossed · relief · indentations · nubbly · uneven
pointillism
Dot-based art technique
freckles · peppered · spatter · flecked · pockmarked · dotted · spotted · mottled · pixels · sprinkles
pen-and-ink
Drawing with nib and bottle
- hatchingEmergence from an egg
- crosshatchingIntersecting parallel lines for tone
- shadingDepicting light and darkness
rendering · tone · value · gradation · contrast · depth · volume · contour · form · highlight
etching
Acid-incised metal print
burin · copperplate · drypoint · mezzotint · woodcut · linocut · lithography · crosshatching · plate · printmaker
roughness
Uneven surface quality
- graininessGrainy visual texture
- granularityLevel of detail
- coarsenessRough or vulgar quality
bumpiness · tactility · surface · feel · embossed · relief · indentations · nubbly · uneven · corrugation
- artfine art, Renaissance, painters, masterpieces, paint
- art techniquespainting, drawing, sketching, shading, blending
- cake decoratingfondant, piping bag, piping tips, buttercream, ganache
- color termsblack, white, red, blue, green
- coloringcoloring book, dye, colorize, coloring books, coloring page
- comic artcomic, comics, comic book, cartoon, manga
stipplinghatching
Emergence from an egg
cross-hatching · blending · continuous line · wash · flat color
stipplingsmoothness
Freedom from irregularity
polish · glossy finish · continuous tone · uniformity · seamlessness