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word for blending paint colours with a squeegee[edit]

I've been trying to think of the word for smearing paint colours together with a squeegee. I've only heard it said once. On the surface, one colour is on the right and the other on the left; by manipulating then dragging the squeegee down, a gradient blend happens with them. Anyone know the word for this effect? Thanks in advance, Manytexts (talk) 06:54, 17 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. the word is not "gradient" or "blur". Manytexts (talk) 02:48, 18 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know the word, but I've seen the technique used in British folk art, like on narrow boats. 86.164.79.174 (talk) 09:17, 18 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I found an Ehow page ("How to achieve a dragging effect on painted walls") which mentioned Gerhard Richter as an adherent. Other than "a dragging effect", the only name the page gave for the technique was strié, which isn't the same thing (it means striated, streaky or stripy). Card Zero (talk) 13:39, 18 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

With a brush, it is called "double loading". Bielle (talk) 05:48, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

And in this article about one of Richter's paintings, the words, "smear" and "smudge" are used to describe what happens under the squeegee. Bielle (talk) 06:07, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, they are, and I'm familiar with Richter's techniques with those terms. None of them happen to have the word I'm looking for. It's akin to watered silk being called Moire or ribbed silk being called faille, so maybe it's even French which I haven't thought of before. Not being too familiar with French, I wouldn't know where to start. Manytexts (talk) 06:10, 22 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]