Scumbling
What is Scumbling?
Scumbling is a painting technique largely overlooked in the contemporary preoccupation with thick, painterly alla prima methods.
William Logsdail, An Italian Village.
From an 1842 painting manual:
“By Scumbling is meant, the application of opaque tints very thinly, over parts that have already been painted, and that are sufficiently dry …
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