scumbling

1 9.9

A painting method brushing a thin, hazy layer of paint over another layer to soften the colour below

noun
/ˈskʌmbəlɪŋ/

Specialized

: veladura

Many landscape painters rely on scumbling to add depth and light to their work.
scumbling technique

Examples

The artist achieved a soft, atmospheric look by using scumbling over the background colors.
You can create a hazy effect in your painting with careful scumbling techniques.
The artist used scumbling to create a soft background.
Have you ever tried scumbling in your paintings?
Using the scumbling technique, she created a soft transition between the colors in her painting.
The artist mastered the scumbling method to enhance the texture of her landscape artwork.
With careful brushwork, he applied scumbling to lighten the shadows in the portrait.

Synonyms

tinting

vsscumbling

2 4.0

An act of adding a small amount of color to hair or windows

uses a thin opaque brushed layer to soften or lighten existing paint

glazing

vsscumbling

Specialized

1 5.4

A thin clear layer of paint put over another to change color or tone

lays a thin opaque layer brushed lightly to soften or lighten underlying paint

Antonyms

to obscure

86 7.0

Make something hard to see or understand

to darken

63 3.3

Make or become less bright, for example a room

How Opaque

impasto

Specialized

1 9.8

scumbling

Specialized

1 9.9

scumble

Specialized

9.9

wash

Specialized

10 6.7

glazing

Specialized

1 5.4

Surface Forms

scumbling singular

scumblings plural

Morphology

scumbling = scumble (transparent) = scumble + ing

Formed directly from the verb 'scumble' by standard -ing nominalization to name the technique; the morphological relation is straightforward though the verb is specialized art vocabulary.

Etymology

Scumbling is easy to remember if you think of scum, a 'thin film' on water. In painting, scumbling means brushing a thin, soft layer of paint over another color, like a light film that softens or lightens the surface.