Finished pottery needed to be smoothed
and polished by a pebble or a wooden tool. Figures were
sketched on the leather-dried surface by a stick of
charcoal or lead, sometimes the trace is visible.
So,
let us consider the black-figure technique. At first,
the outline of the figure was drawn, then inside of
it was painted out. subordinate colours such as white
and blown-red were applied. Details were drawn by
a pointed tool.
Red-figure
is a reserved technique of black-figure. The outlines
of the figure was drawn and details were painted by
a brush or other tools. Then outside was painted over.
This new technique enabled them to draw the lines
of different thickness or width.
