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 | | So far as the latter is concerned, stippling has two distinct purposes: the first is to produce an even surface to paint work by eliminating brush marks and correcting uneven distribution of the material; the second is to impart texture or pattern. |
 | | Technique of Stippling.Although stippling consists of nothing more than pounding the wet film of paint with the stippling tool, there is a right as well as a wrong way of performing this simple operation. |
 | | Almost any type of paint or distemper can be stippled, but those which, like enamels, are formulated to possess a natural flow" will not, of course, retain any pattern which the stippler gives to the film. |
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