stipple

• vt. （雕刻）点刻；点彩
• n. （绘画）点画；点刻法
• vi. 用点刻；用点画

1. engrave by means of dots and flicks

2. make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or ink

3. apply (paint) in small touches

4. produce a mottled effect;

"The sunlight stippled the trees"

Dodge: Used for adding highlights, lightening areas and for stippling.

减淡工具: 用于增加高光点, 给局部加光和点画.

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Calligraphy is the art of lines, also based on the basis of basic stippling art.

书法是线条的艺术, 也就是以基本点画为基础的艺术.

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来自荷兰语 stippelen,点画，点涂，反复格于 stippen,刺，打点，来自 stip,一点，来自 PIE*steip, 扩大形式于 PIE*stei,刺，插，词源同 stipple,sting,stimulus.后用于指一种绘画技巧。

stipple (v.)

"paint with dots," 1670s, from Dutch stippelen "to make points," frequentative of stippen "to prick, speckle," from stip "a point," perhaps ultimately from PIE root *st(e)ig- "pointed" (see stick (v.)), or from *steip- "to stick, compress." Related: Stippled; stippling.