Editing Stippling (section)

==Art==
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[[File:Giulio Campagnola shepherd.jpg|thumb|upright|left|''The Young Shepherd'', [[engraving]] using stipple technique by [[Giulio Campagnola]], around 1510]]

In [[printmaking]], stipple engraving is a technique using flicks of the burin to build up the image in short lines or dots, often combined with conventional linear [[engraving]]. In [[engraved glass]] a similar stipple technique has often been popular.

In a [[drawing]] or [[painting]], the dots are made of [[pigment]] of a single colour, applied with a [[pen]] or [[brush]]; the denser the dots, the darker the apparent shade—or lighter, if the pigment is lighter than the surface.  This is similar to—but distinct from—[[pointillism]], which uses dots of different colours to simulate blended colours.<ref>{{cite book | title=The Encyclopedia of Drawing Techniques| last=Ian Simpson| date=1987| pages=62–64| publisher=Headline| location=London| isbn=978-0-7472-0051-2}}</ref>