Visual arts

Visual arts

Of or pertaining to any artistic creation that we can look at, such as paintings, drawings, or video footage.

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bleach-out

Art history; Visual arts

A bromide print that is underdeveloped, so that it can be used as the foundation of a line drawing, and then bleached away.

Pigments that run into an adjoining area or up through coats of paint, usually undesirably (see bleeding through and bleed-proof). A fuzziness or spreading at the edges of a painted area. And, in the ...

bleed marks

Art history; Visual arts

Lines at the corners of a piece of artwork to be reproduced. The extending area — the bleed (typically 1/8 inch) — can be seen outside of the bleed marks.

bleeding through

Art history; Visual arts

In oil paints, degrees of visibility of underpainting when upper layers become translucent with the passage of time. Or, a color that doesn't set, but affects subsequent overlays. Also, ink on paper ...