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Oil Painting Techniques

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Technique
Origin Era
Difficulty
Famous Practitioner
Signature Work
Impasto
17th centuryIntermediateVincent van GoghThe Starry Night (1889)
Glazing
15th centuryAdvancedJan van EyckArnolfini Portrait (1434)
Scumbling
16th centuryIntermediateJ.M.W. TurnerThe Fighting Temeraire (1839)
Alla Prima
19th centuryAdvancedJohn Singer SargentCarnation, Lily, Lily, Rose (1886)
Chiaroscuro
RenaissanceAdvancedCaravaggioThe Calling of Saint Matthew (1600)
Sfumato
15th centuryAdvancedLeonardo da VinciMona Lisa (1503)
Grisaille
14th centuryIntermediatePeter Paul RubensSamson and Delilah grisaille (1609)
Underpainting
RenaissanceIntermediateTitianVenus of Urbino (1538)
Wet-on-Wet
16th centuryIntermediateBob RossThe Joy of Painting (1983)
Pointillism
19th centuryAdvancedGeorges SeuratA Sunday on La Grande Jatte (1886)
Broken Color
19th centuryIntermediateClaude MonetImpression, Sunrise (1872)
Palette Knife
19th centuryIntermediateGustave CourbetThe Desperate Man (1843)
Fat Over Lean
TraditionalIntermediateRembrandt van RijnThe Night Watch (1642)
Tenebrism
17th centuryAdvancedArtemisia GentileschiJudith Slaying Holofernes (1620)
Glaze and Wipe
BaroqueAdvancedDiego VelazquezLas Meninas (1656)
Drip Painting
20th centuryIntermediateJackson PollockNo. 5, 1948

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