Medium-sized dog
Concept
Watercolor paint
A paint that uses pigment in an aqueous medium, generally diluted with water and used for translucent color layers that can preserve the brightness of the support.
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Blending
A making technique that softens boundaries between drawing or paint materials
A making technique that softens boundaries between drawing or paint materials.
Blending a dog drawing
To show the making process, the dog becomes a drawn subject.
Both languages share the English example images. Japanese prompts are the recorded translations.
A phrase to start with
Specifies a making procedure that softens color or tonal boundaries.
Appearance and effects
Color or tonal boundaries may appear continuous.
Visual traits
- softened boundaries
- continuous tone
Expected changes
- Boundaries are more likely to soften
Five examples
1 — Blending a dog drawing
To show the making process, the dog becomes a drawn subject.
making a dog drawing with blended color
- dog drawing
2 — Blending a cat drawing
To show the making process, the cat becomes a drawn subject.
making a cat drawing with blended color
- cat drawing
3 — Blending a figure drawing
To avoid fixing age while showing the subject, it becomes a figure drawing.
making a figure drawing with blended color
- figure drawing
4 — Blending at a quiet desk
An unoccupied room cannot show the procedure, so it is replaced with making in progress.
blending color at a quiet desk
- blending color
5 — Blending a landscape drawing
To show the procedure, landscape becomes a drawn subject.
making a landscape drawing with blended color
- landscape drawing
Meaning and scope
Definition
Blending is a making technique that softens adjacent color or tonal boundaries with a hand or tool. It does not determine required softness in the finished image, medium, subject, or style.
In more detail
It lowers edge hardness to join color or shading. Defocused optics, image postprocessing, and a particular finished surface are separate choices.
Includes
- A procedure for softening boundaries in drawing or paint
Excludes
- Defocus blur
- digital postprocessing
- appearance of a finished image alone
What this does not imply
- A particular medium
- finished-image blur
- photographic focus
- or subject
Variability
The general reference is weakly direct; finished appearance varies with medium and process.
Usage and adjustments
Usage
- Specify it as a making procedure
Distinguish similar expressions
- Specify defocus separately
Typical uses
- Soften color or tonal boundaries in drawing
Possible failure modes
- Edges disappear too much
- Image becomes muddy
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Medium-sized dog
Concept
Canvas weave
A gridded surface appearance suggesting a woven canvas support.
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