Scumbling

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An application of scumbling; an opaque glaze.

    "On Martha's Vineyard, Summer 1962 is a canvasful of brushstrokes and scumblings, some wet into wet, some dry-brushed, with accidental runs of thinned paint allowed to remain."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of scumble form-of, gerund, participle, present

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chalkcolorcopycrosshatchdash offdaub

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"On Martha's Vineyard, Summer 1962 is a canvasful of brushstrokes and scumblings, some wet into wet, some dry-brushed, with accidental runs of thinned paint allowed to remain."

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