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scumble
[ skuhm-buhl ]
verb (used with object)
- to soften (the color or tone of a painted area) by overlaying parts with opaque or semiopaque color applied thinly and lightly with an almost dry brush.
noun
- the act or technique of scumbling.
- the effect produced by this technique.
scumble
/ ˈskʌmbəl /
verb
- (in painting and drawing) to soften or blend (an outline or colour) with an upper coat of opaque colour, applied very thinly
noun
- the upper layer of colour applied in this way
- the technique or effects of scumbling
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of scumble1
Example Sentences
Up close, you can see how Rembrandt’s application of wet paint over dry creates a texture, or scumble, uncannily close to human skin, with its pores and subcutaneous blood vessels.
We see an arch, then he rubs his wet cloth around it and scumbles of blue appear, then a farmhouse, almond green feathery strokes of what may be a tree.
With scumbles he completed the colour and the modelling.
Across the surface, gossamer scumbles of paint proceed, appropriately, without a care, rising into the pale greens of the trees.
It is perhaps owing partly to patina on the old glass, which "scumbles" it; but I have myself sometimes succeeded in getting the same >effect by using yellow-stain on pure white glass.
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