| Stippling - The Concept | | | | contrast and design of such works. |
| Stippling is an art of painting, distinguished by its | | | | The Details |
| technique, rather than style. It involves the | | | | Stippling can be done on various bases, such as |
| application of paints in the form of dots, rather | | | | canvas, glass, or even a wall surface, among |
| than being spread over the base. These works | | | | others. For printmaking, printing blocks with dot |
| are often used to replicate the shading or the | | | | carvings are used. A selective application of ink is |
| effects of a grayscale-digitized image. A | | | | made on these dots to produce a desired design. |
| grayscale, also known as black & white | | | | The technique, when applied on walls, is a |
| image, depicts designs or patterns by using the | | | | multi-stage process. First, a base coat of desired |
| varying shades of gray pixels. Stippling is a close | | | | paint is applied on the wall. After the paint dries, a |
| relative of the art of Pointillism, which also | | | | coat of glaze paint is used. Usually, glaze is |
| employs dots for execution. The key difference | | | | prepared by diluting the paint in medium to such |
| between the two techniques lies in the use of | | | | an extent that a translucent paint is prepared. A |
| colors. While the specks of various colors are | | | | film of the thinned paint is applied on the wall. A |
| used to create color blends in Pointillism, same | | | | specialized brush is used to touch on the wet |
| color pigment is used in Stippling. | | | | glaze. The result is a shiny wall with small |
| The technique was the manual predecessor of | | | | engravings on the surface, which is used for |
| Ben-Day Dots printing of the pulp fiction era and | | | | decorative purposes. On similar lines, Stippling on |
| Halftone printing. Both of these automated | | | | glass or other surfaces is done. However, it is |
| processes are used to produce printed imagery | | | | more of a sculpting technique here, which is |
| constituted of dots. These dots can be quite small | | | | executed without any paints. The resulting |
| or visibly large in texture. In Stippling, dense clouds | | | | engravings on the surface make it appear brighter |
| of dots are used to create dark shades and the | | | | and shinier than the untouched area. |
| sparsely scattered dots give the effects of lighter | | | | Conclusion |
| shades. The requisite knowledge about the spatial | | | | Stippling, through its varied applications and forms, |
| positioning of dots helps the artists create a | | | | became a significant inspiration for more |
| remarkable outcome of this painstaking work. | | | | sophisticated methodologies that find favor among |
| Optical illusion is the phenomenon behind the | | | | the art-lovers of modern times! |
| perception of eyes that helps them visualize the | | | | |