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Oil Painting Brush Techniques refer to the various methods and approaches used by artists when applying oil paint to a canvas using different types of brushes. These techniques can include stippling, where small dots of paint are applied to create texture, blending, where colors are smoothly merged together, scumbling, where a thin layer of paint is applied over a dry layer to create a hazy effect, impasto, where thick layers of paint are applied to create a textured surface, and glazing, where transparent layers of paint are applied to create depth and luminosity. Artists may also use different brush strokes, such as cross-hatching, dry brushing, or wet-on-wet, to achieve different effects and textures in their paintings.