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Painting Techniques
Impasto - painting techniques
Digital Painting
Glaze - painting techniques
Grisaille - painting techniques
New Materials (Painting)
Pointillism - painting techniques
Scumble - painting techniques
Sfumato - painting techniques
Sumi-e - painting techniques
Wash - painting techniques
Brush painting
Fingerpaint
N. B. Lépicié - life and work
Painter: Jean Michel Moreau
A popular technique in the 15-th and 16-th century was grisaille and used in monochrome, more often than not grey paintings, reflecting decorations in relief. Famous examples of grisaille are frescoes of the Sistine Chapel, Antonio Verrio's staircase at Hampton Court and The Baptism of Christ by Andrea del Sarto in Chiostro dello Scalzo.
Grisaille may also serve as model for engravers or as a first step in oil paintings.
More recently, the technique has been used in enamels and on stained glass with a powerful effect on the viewer. One of the illustrative examples of grisaille on glass is the work Five Sisters on a window at the end of the north corridor in York Cathedral.
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