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A mahl stick is a painting aid used by artists who want to avoid the shoulder, arm, and hand pain that can result from years of standing while painting at an easel.
It is used when painting detail or to avoid smudging wet paint when painting in a large area. It can be laid across your table or easel at an angle or rested on the canvas edge or a dry spot of canvas. Whatever position you choose, it can be a welcome armrest.
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What is one difference between the ways that realist and impressionists painters used color?
Realist painters applied pure color directly onto the canvas; Impressionist painters did not.
How were the works of German painters different from those of Flemish painters?
German painters usually painted portraits, landscapes, and classic myths or made woodcuts and engravings. Flemish painters used a layering technique with their paints to create a variety colors and tried to show their subjects personality.
What technique was used by Jean-Francois Millet?
Like most painters he used oil paint on canvas.
What were Convention that Renaissance painters used?
They gave figures a sense of form by using chiaroscuro.
How were the works of German painter different from those of the Flemish painters?
German painters usually painted portraits, landscapes, and classic myths or made woodcuts and engravings. Flemish painters used a layering technique with their paints to create a variety colors and tried to show their subjects personality.
