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Impression :: Impression (n.) In painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in house painting and the like..

Gradation :: Gradation (n.) A gradual passing from one tint to another or from a darker to a lighter shade, as in painting or drawing..

Demitint :: Demitint (n.) That part of a painting, engraving, or the like, which is neither in full darkness nor full light..

Fresco :: Fresco (a.) The art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries..

Potichomanie :: Potichomanie (n.) The art or process of coating the inside of glass vessels with engravings or paintings, so as to give them the appearance of painted ware..

Brooch :: Brooch (n.) A painting all of one color, as a sepia painting, or an India painting..

Xylopyrography :: Xylopyrography (n.) The art or practice of burning pictures on wood with a hot iron; -- called also poker painting. See Poker picture, under Poker..

Paint :: Paint (v. t.) To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints well..

Lettering :: Lettering (n.) The act or business of making, or marking with, letters, as by cutting or painting..

Decollation :: Decollation (n.) A painting representing the beheading of a saint or martyr, esp. of St. John the Baptist..

Partiality :: Partiality (n.) A predilection or inclination to one thing rather than to others; special taste or liking; as, a partiality for poetry or painting..

Monochrome :: Monochrome (n.) A painting or drawing in a single color; a picture made with a single color.

Foreground :: Foreground (n.) On a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief, mosaic picture, or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is nearest to the spectator, and therefore occupies the lowest part of the work of art itself. Cf. Distance, n., 6..

Grisaille :: Grisaille (n.) Decorative painting in gray monochrome; -- used in English especially for painted glass.

Dead :: Dead (a.) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.

Picture :: Picture (n.) The art of painting; representation by painting.

Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) A preparation of opaque or body colors, in which the pigments are tempered or diluted with weak glue or size (cf. Tempera) instead of oil, usually for scene painting, or for walls and ceilings of rooms..

Stretching :: Stretcher (n.) The frame upon which canvas is stretched for a painting.

Underglaze :: Underglaze (a.) Applied under the glaze, that is, before the glaze, that is, before the glaze is put on; fitted to be so applied; -- said of colors in porcelain painting..

Camaieu :: Camaieu (n.) Painting in shades of one color; monochrome.

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