116 by Juan J. Carcache on 07/27/01 at 7:20 PM
Re: painting techniques

In Reply to: painting techniques posted by zeth dalord on 06/20/01 at 6:13 AM:

Simply put, glazing is adding trasparent color accents and may be used to darken a shadow area or to unify the colors in a certain area. Scumbling is similar to glazing, but the layer is opaque or semi-opaque and it is spread to make it like a translucent film; it can be used to deepen shadow areas, reduce contrast, blend edges, etc.

Any good book on oil painting would have examples that you can actually see.

Juan