| 单词 | scumbling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈscumbling ˈscumbling n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [noun] > modifying tone > by thin coat of paint glazing1706 scumbling1815 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [noun] > rendering obscure clouding1654 scumbling1977 1815 R. Brown Princ. Pract. Perspective 76 Scumbling is giving a kind of rough shadow to trees, grass, gravel-walks, &c. in a drawing when it is nearly finished. It is performed with a brush having some dark colour in it, and nearly dry. 1816 J. Reynolds Char. Painters of Italy 113 A..description of the effect of glazing or scumbling, such as was practised by Titian. 1849 J. S. Templeton Guide Oil Painting (ed. 39) i. 44 By..scumbling is meant the driving opaque tints very thinly over parts that have already been painted. 1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 229 Scumbling..is used to modify certain portions of a picture which may require to be rendered cooler, greyer, and less definite. 1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner II. 198 His light tints, the result of pearly scumblings, make his light pictures as luminous as his water-colour drawings. 1977 Times 19 Nov. 9/2 The confusion of the times..the scumbling of boundary lines. < as lemmas |
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