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RE: art technique - "stomata" - definition?????

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lindwood_at_TeacherArtExchange
Date: Mon Oct 25 2004 - 05:36:49 PDT

hahaha...of course....stigmata, not STOmata, hahahaha. Sfumato IS a
technique used by DaVinci and other Renaissance painters. It was a
blending of the edges to create a smoky haze effect. I just looked it
up. It was "special effects" time when they did that in their
paintings. Mysticism.

Linda Woods

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