Blending and wet in wetBlending is done when you merge two different colors together. They can be next to each other on your canvas or over the top of each color. Using a soft, long-haired brush you gently merge the two colors together using short smooth strokes. The colors should be blended together and have no hard edges. This is also called "soft" edges, as the colors are blended together. Always try to work the lighter color into the darker one. Artists also use fan brushes to blend paints. The paint needs to still be wet in order for the blending to occur. The consistency of your paint should be fluid but not too runny. For an example of blending see the picture below and look at the sky area that has been softly blended...
Wet into wet is just that... wet paint into wet paint. I included this on this page as it is virtually the same concept. Laying the wet oil paint down onto wet paint allows the paint to blend naturally into the oil paint underneath. You can get wonderful tonal changes with the color working wet into wet. Be careful not to over blend the colors or you may end up with mud.
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