To gouge is to make a scooping or digging action, as with such a chisel. A painting technique typically used with watercolors and inks , but possible with any thinned pigments . Also see gradation . See the example below. As a principle of design , it refers to a way of combining elements of art by using a series of gradual changes in those elements.
Gradation is unlike contrast which stresses sudden changes in elements.
Also see chiaroscuro , gradated wash , gray scale , metamorphosis , modeling , and shading . The Writing on the Wall is an international archive of graffiti art images, including research, articles, interviews with artists, bibliography, videography, and other materials of interest to scholars and art lovers. Online since September 1994. Links to graffiti sites from online magazine Jive . Decagram and kilogram are units of weight measurement in the metric system devived from the gram .