1. Painting Techniques Only a sample – there are principles but there are NO RULES

2. Alla prima A painting done in just one layer

3. Alla Prima

4. Richard Diebenkorn

5. Henri Matisse - link

6. Broken color Layering paint so that the bottom layers show through

7. Paul Cezanne

8. Paul Cezanne - link

9. Willem De Kooning

10. Richard Diebenkorn – link

11. Andy Warhol

12. Stippling using the tip of the brush to apply dots of color Paul Klee

13. Pointillism Georges Seurat

14. Pointillism Georges Seurat

15. Georges Seurat - link

16. Impasto Applying very thick paint so that the brushstroke actually leaves a trail in the paint and these trails create texture and shadow.

17. Vincent Van Gogh - link

18. Philip Guston

20. Wayne Thiebaud

21. glazing Applying thin coats of paints on top of each other

22. Cornelis deHeem - link

23. Morris Louis

24. Morris Louis - link

25. Richard Deibenkorn

26. Helen Frankenthaler

27. Wayne Thiebaud

28. scraffito Putting on a layer of paint and then scratching back through it to reveal the paint underneath

29. Jean Dubuffet

32. Cy Twombly

33. Cy Twombly - link

34. drybrush Using an almost empty brush to apply the color

35. Francis Bacon

37. Claude Monet – link

38. scumbling Putting layers of lighter color over layers of darker colors

39. J.M.W. Turner

40. J.M.W. Turner - link

41. Claude Monet

42. Sfumato – or smooth blending Blending the paint in a naturalistic way

43. Titian - link

44. Eduard Manet

45. Georgio Morandi

46. The steps to making a painting Whether realistic or abstract

47. imprimatura Putting down a thin layer of color before painting thicker layers on top of it

48. The underpainting Highlights and details are gradually added. Note the colors are in contrast to what the final colors will be.

49. Color is gradually added and modeled in both thick and thin layers until the final result is achieved.

50. Another example

51. http://www.bigblackpig.com/painting/glazing.html A good site to visit for more information