frisket
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- noun
- /ˈfrɪskɪt/
- Specialized
- Before painting, I used a thin sheet of frisket to cover the areas I wanted to keep white.
- liquid frisket
- remove the frisket
- piece of frisket
Examples
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The artist used a frisket to protect the canvas.
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The artist placed a frisket over the paper to keep certain areas white while painting.
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After printing, she removed the frisket to reveal the untouched sections of the design.
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Using a frisket helps achieve clean edges in watercolor artwork.
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Do you have a frisket for this project?
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To create sharp edges in my artwork, I applied frisket over the parts I wanted to protect during airbrushing.
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He carefully peeled away the frisket after the paint dried to reveal the untouched canvas beneath.
Synonyms
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A paper with a sticky edge that you put on parts of a surface to protect them from paint
How Precise
Surface Forms
Etymology
Frisket comes from the world of printing and painting, where it meant a thin sheet or 'mask' placed over part of the paper to keep that area clean. So a frisket today is still a thin protective cover used to keep parts of a surface safe while you paint or print.