Preparing to paint. Stretching canvas ; Stretching paper ; Home-made canvas boards ; Priming and staining ; Texturing -- Making a start. Alla prima ; Building up : oil and acrylic ; Building up : pastel ; Color mixing ; Surface mixing ; Blending ; Flat and graded washes ; Variegated wash ; Dropping in color ; Highlighting ; Underdrawing ; Corrections -- Ways of working. Brushwork ; Impasto ; Knife painting ; Wet-in-wet ; Wet-on-dry ; Lifting out ; Glazing ; Scraping on ; Sponge painting ; Finger painting ; Colored grounds ; Broken color ; Drybrush ; Scumbling ; Underpainting -- Special techniques. Spattering ; Salt spatter ; Wax resist ; Gum arabic ; Blown blots ; Impressing and imprinting ; Line and wash ; Wet brushing pastel ; Sgraffito ; Backruns ; Masking ; Masking fluid ; Wash-off -- Themes. Animals ; Buildings ; Landscapes ; Portraits ; Skies and clouds ; Still life ; Water ; Weather effects.
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