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For some artists like Luca Signorelli, (c. 1441-1523) a bag of charcoal dust was worth it's weight in gold. |
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To paint the Three Horsemen, Signorelli first drew a cartoon-like composition on paper. When he was satisfied with the drawing, he pierced the paper with tiny holes along all of the important outlines of the characters and horses for "pouncing." |
| This technique involves pressing the black dust through the holes by means of a "pounce bag" made of loosely woven cloth; the dust would leave a line of small dots on the surface below, which the artist would then redraw. |
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This was an effective way of transferring an image from the cartoon sketch to the surface of a painting. |
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