Following a recent IG conversation with a new painter I thought it might be a good idea to write a post to help those who are new, with some of the technical terms they may come across in their painting journey. I know some of these confused me when I returned from a 15 year hiatus over a year ago.  I'm only going to go over briefly each technique as there is quite a few and other artists on all social media platforms have covered each and everyone of these in greater detail than I need to go into here. So if you find one you want to look into further you need only do an internet search and you will have a vast swathe of resources at your fingertips. So let's begin! ******************************************** Blending - there are several techniques that fall under this main heading, but this is the general term for mixing two or more colours together creating a gradient from one to the other.  Contrast - I think this is probably the most commonly espoused