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[ UK /stˈɪpə‍l/ ]
VERB
  1. make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or ink
  2. produce a mottled effect
    The sunlight stippled the trees
  3. apply (paint) in small dots or strokes
  4. engrave by means of dots and flicks

How To Use stipple In A Sentence

  • But while the paper's world-class reporting has propelled the Journal brand, it's the stipple drawing, pioneered by Journal artists 30 years ago, that has become a trademark. A History of Wall Street Journal Hedcuts
  • Ridley, William (1764 – 1838): one of the leading engravers of the time, Ridley stipple-engraved many portraits, including Index of People
  • This second part is about the intaglio printmaking techniques - engraving, drypoint, etching, aquatint, stipple, mezzotint.
  • Mix and apply bonding coat to the surface of the brickwork by brush stipple.
  • There was a gray stubble of beard stippled over Primitivo's jaws, his lip and his neck.
  • Everything from a 1989 Wall Street Journal stipple drawing of Martha Stewart to Andrew Tift's hyperrealist black-and - white painting of author Cormac McCarthy, right, will be on display at the National Portrait Gallery's "Americans Now" exhibit. The Short List
  • The intaglio printmaking techniques are engraving, drypoint, etching, aquatint, stipple, mezzotint and are discussed in part two of this article.
  • He struck up a partnership with Cipriani and Angelica, and their repertoire of bloodless mythological scenes adorned with dimpled putti is synonymous with the art, despite the many portraits engraved in stipple.
  • The tip is painted fluorescent orange whilst the body is stippled using a piece of sponge with emerald green.
  • The flattened back strap and grip surfaces were stippled and coated in OD, as was the slide, which was fitted with AmeriGlo's triple-tritium dot, ghostring-and-post sight set.
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