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  2. Ink wash painting - Wikipedia

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    A small wolf-hair brush that is tapered to a fine point can deliver an even thin line of ink (much like a pen). A large wool brush (one variation called the 'big cloud') can hold a large volume of water and ink. When the big cloud brush rains down upon the paper, it delivers a graded swath of ink encompassing myriad shades of gray to black. [2 ...

  3. Brushstrokes - Wikipedia

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    The three strokes in the upper right are the dominant imagery, while the partial view of the hand in the lower left limited by the edges of the canvas shows paint dripping from the brush. [10] This is an example of Lichtenstein humorously presenting a subject that might be crowded out in a newspaper via a parody that relies on the difference ...

  4. Wash (visual arts) - Wikipedia

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    In painting, it is a technique in which a paint brush that is very wet with solvent and holds a small load of paint or ink is applied to a wet or dry support such as paper or primed or raw canvas. The result is a smooth and uniform area that ideally lacks the appearance of brush strokes and is semi-transparent.

  5. Petrykivka painting - Wikipedia

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    “Hrebinets’” (“Comb") - a brush stroke that begins with a heavier pressure and thick line, then finished with a lighter touch and thin line. So called because a series of such strokes look like a hair comb. “Zerniatko” (“Seed”) - a brush stroke that is the reverse of the “hrebinets’", with initial light and final heavy pressure.

  6. Impressionism - Wikipedia

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    Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage of time), ordinary subject matter, unusual visual angles, and inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience.

  7. Brushstrokes series - Wikipedia

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    Brushstrokes (1965) was the first element of the Brushstrokes series.. Brushstrokes series is the name for a series of paintings produced in 1965-1966 by Roy Lichtenstein.It also refers to derivative sculptural representations of these paintings that were first made in the 1980s.

  8. Gongbi - Wikipedia

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    Finches and Bamboo (11th century) by Emperor Huizong of Song by Puxian, a Beile of the Qing dynasty. Gongbi (simplified Chinese: 工笔; traditional Chinese: 工筆; pinyin: gōng bǐ; Wade–Giles: kung-pi) is a careful realist technique in Chinese painting, the opposite of the interpretive and freely expressive xieyi (寫意 'sketching thoughts') style.

  9. Painterliness - Wikipedia

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    The opposite of painterly is linear, plastic or formal linear design. [1] Linear could describe the painting of artists such as Botticelli, Michelangelo, and Ingres, whose works depend on creating the illusion of a degree of three-dimensionality by means of "modeling the form" through skillful drawing, shading, and an academic (rather than impulsive) use of color.