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Pigment
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Powdered color that is an ingredient for paint
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Vehicle or binder
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Liquid that holds particles of pigment together w/o dissolving them, makes sure that even when diluted and spread thinly will adhere to surf.
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Support
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Canvas, paper, wood panel, wall, or other surface on which the artist works
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Ground or Primer
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Prepares support to receive paint, a preliminary coating
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Encaustic
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Consist of pigment mixed w/wax and resin, fairly permanent coloring, doesn't harm paper over time
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Fresco
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Pigments mixed w/water&appli'd to plaster support; SECCO-dry plaster, BUON- wet lime plaster, dries &undergoes chem transform.,fuses pig. w/plaster
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Cartoon
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Full-size drawing of entire project to help guide work on fresco
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Egg Tempera
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Aqueous M, dries to tough insoluble film, retain brilliant color&clarity for cent's,the vehicle is emulsion, stable mix of aq.liq. w oil/fat/wax/resin
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Oil
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Pigment compounded with oil, oil is binder that creates a transparent film when dry, dries slowly, blends well, can layer paint easily
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Glazes
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Thin, translucent veils of color applied over a thicker layer of underpainting
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Impasto
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When paint is layered very thickly, at its extreme it can look like the paint was applied like frosting on a cake
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Watercolor
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Consists of a pigment in a vehicle of water and gum arabic, a sticky plant substance that acts as binder, applied thinly in translucent washes
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Acrylic
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Vehicle consists of acrylic resin, polymerized thru emulsion in water, can mimic fx of all paint, watercolor, and tempera
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Collage
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Attaching actual objects to the surface of a canvas or other support, as well as to the resultant artwork
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