The word “scumble” is an art term that has a lot of meanings. Sometimes, it means thin glaze with a mixture that contains white. Sometimes it means painting with a dry brush using a broken color effect. Sometimes it means other things. In fact, it means so many things that it really doesn’t mean anything at all unless you define what you are trying to say each time you use it.
Let’s just get rid of it. It causes more confusion than it’s worth. It should be replaced with terms like “glaze,” “broken color,” “drybrush,” and “velatura,” which actually do have coherent meanings.
Just say no.
hello, just found your website for the first time, it looks interesting but whilst idly browsing I came across this comment and felt a nerdy bit of hair-splitting was called for. Actually a scumble is quite a simple thing, a semi transparent layer which modifies the layer below, of course a semi transparent layer can be created in a number of ways hence the confusion. One thing it isn’t though is a glaze which is by defintion fully transparent and completley different in feel. regards
david