ARTIST BRUSHES

techniques
Glanie Gaye G. Caña
 IMPASTO
• This brush technique uses paint so thick
that it achieves a kind of three
dimensional quality.
• It has been used by many artist such as
Van Gogh and Rembrandt.
IMPASTO
 SPATTERING
• This technique is about the application
of paint onto a surface by flicking,
dripping, or whisking the paint from a
brush.
SPATTERING
 POINTILIZATION
• Is the digital process of rendering a
figure or shape in dots or small
brushstrokes of color.
• The pointillism brush allows you to mix
color optically.
• It provides you those popular dots of
color.
POINTILIZATION
 HARD-EDGE
• Hard edge painters gained prominence
because they placed importance on the
crisp, precise edges of the shapes in
their paintings.
• Their works contain smooth surfaces,
hard edges, pure colors (low opacity),
and simple geometric shapes.
HARD EDGE
 IMPRESSIONIST
• It imitates the style of painting of late
19th-early to 20th century Impressionism.
• The paint can either be applied in
dabbing motion or brushed.
• The exact positioning of the dabbed
brushstrokes is sometimes hit and miss.
IMPRESSIONIST
 PALETTE KNIFE
• The key point in this brush technique is
that the Palette knife does not add color,
it just smears the colors that are already
present, including any background color.
PALETTE KNIFE