Sgraffito
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Sgraffito is an artistic or decorative technique of scratching through a coating on a hard surface to reveal parts of an underlying layer contrasted in colour. It is produced on walls by applying laye
Palazzo Massimo Istoriato: a fading palace facade in Rome by Polidoro da Caravaggio and Maturino da Firenze, 1523
Artist from Pedraza creates a sgraffito mural at the Casa de los Picos School of Art and Design, Segovia
Layers of 1910 Sgraffito in Pirgy (Chios)
Facade of the Jagiellonian University guesthouse in Kraków
Scratchboard
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Scratchboard or scraperboard or scratch art is a form of direct engraving in which the artist scratches off dark ink to reveal a white or colored layer beneath. The technique uses sharp knives and too
Sgraffito
…Venetian plaster Scratchboard Sgraffito Collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam…
Cross section of scratchboard. By removing the black ink with a sharp tool, the artist exposes the white clay.
Sunflower and Silver by Diana Lee
A detail of Sunflower and Silver to show scratching technique