Art Terms

Vellum
A fine parchment made from calfskin, lambskin, or kidskin and used for the pages and binding of books.

Wash
Used in watercolor painting, brush drawing, and can be used in oil painting to describe a broad thin layer of diluted pigment or ink. Also refers to a drawing made in this technique.

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Abstract - Bronze

Ceramics - Fresco

Genre - Impasto

Limited Edition - Museum

Pastel - Repoussoir

Serigraph - Wash