If you don't have an airbrush this effect can be achieved by using a groundlaying technique over the doily, the oil being padded over both the doily and the plate.
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Groundlaying
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The groundlaying research of the 60s and 70s created a solid basis in this area by developing a number of fundamental mechanisms, such as ACID (atomicity, consistency, isolation and durability) transactions, atomic actions […]
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