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| In a medium, the substance that holds pigments together. |
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| Distinct from common usage, where it refers to a drawing with a humorous content, any full size drawing, subsequently transferred to the working surface, from which a painting or fresco is made. (fresco) – painting on plaster |
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| A soft drawing tool made by adding clay to graphite. |
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| closely spaced parallel lines used to create the effects of shading or modeling. |
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| The addition of highlights to a drawing by the application of white or some other pale color. |
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| Any material used to create a work of art, plural form, media.(2) In painting, a liquid added to the paint that makes it easier to manipulate. |
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| metalpoint (or silverpoint) |
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| A drawing technique, especially silverpoint, popular in the 15th and 16th centuries, in which a stylus with a point of gold, silver, or some other metal was applied to a sheet of paper treated with a mixture of powdered bones (or lead white) and gumwater. |
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| The coloring agents of a medium. |
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