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crocking


Removal of color on abrasion or rubbing.
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strainer


A stretcher from with fixed corners.  It cannot be expanded.
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abrasion


A paint loss caused by excess friction during improper varnish removal or a varnish loss caused by friction.
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acrylic


A family of synthetic resins made by polymerizing esters of acrylic acids.
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alkyd


A synthetic resin which is the condensation product of a polybasic acid such as phthalic, a polyhydric alcohol such as glycerin and an oil fatty acid.
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alla prima


An Italian phrase meaning painted solely wet in wet and usually, but not necessarily, at a single sitting.  It is used most commonly with reference to oil painting.
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binder


The nonvolatile portion of a coating vehicle which is the film-forming ingredient used to bind the pigment particles together.
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blanching


A term applied to lacquer when they become partially opaque, cloudy or transparent upon application or drying.  Fast-evaporating solvents may cool the film enough to cause water condensation, precipit [..]
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blending


Blending is most commonly used with reference to academic painting to mean the blending together of separate touches of color for half tones until the graduations of tone and the marks of the brush ar [..]
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blocking-in


Usually refers to the broad application of masses of light, shade, and color, in the early stages of a painting.  It helped to obliterated rapidly the glaring bright of the ground.
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