stipple - use in sentences

Object

  • paint: For instance: Texturing - you can use sponges to stipple the paint on to the surface, giving a mottled effect.
  • landscape: Most of the villages in the area have strong connections to the days of lead and old mine chimneys still stipple the landscape.
  • area: It picks up the texture of the fairly smooth cartridge paper I'm using, creating a stippled areas in the shadows.

Converse of object

  • specify: The stipple specified by dashes resource can be turned on or off by activating this command.

Modifies a noun

  • engraving: A stipple engraving by William Dickinson duly circulated in very large numbers.
  • pattern: Bitmaps are used in X for defining clipping regions, cursor shapes, icon shapes, and tile and stipple patterns.
  • technique: Any shading on subjects, such as pollen, should be done using the stipple technique described earlier.

Modifying Another Word

  • still: Most of the villages in the area have strong connections to the days of lead and old mine chimneys still stipple the landscape.
  • then: After application, you can then stipple the paint, which will even out the textures.

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