Abstract Brushstroke Foliage

Description

• Visual Dispersion (The Background): The pastel strokes show “Dry Dispersion.” You can see the “tooth” of the paper and the streaks where the brush ran out of paint. The pigment is dispersed physically by the friction of the brush, creating ragged, trailing ends.

• Internal Dispersion (The Leaves): Look closely at the dark brown leaves. They aren’t solid black. They show “Granular Dispersion” or “Salt Effect.” The pigment has pooled and settled into little speckles and tide marks as it dried. This prevents the dark shapes from looking like flat, boring stickers.

• Opacity Dispersion: The background colors have high transparency dispersion. Where the peach stroke overlaps the lilac stroke, they mix to form a third color. The brown leaves, however, are opaque (Low Dispersion), blocking out everything underneath them.