Cruse abandons his trademark stippling for heavily crosshatching. Blending, shading, hatching and crosshatching are common methods. Shading was by crosshatching or pointillism, and even that had to be limited and coarse. Rivera achieved the varied tones within the print by shading and crosshatching with lithographic crayon. Petatillo pieces are distinguished by tightly drawn lines or crosshatching in a red background. On pieces such as the service and dessert plates, fine gold crosshatching overlays the red. In 1976, the grille saw a new finer crosshatching pattern. In 1976, the grille saw a new and finer crosshatching pattern. The style of crosshatching indicates the type of material the section passes through. The style of crosshatching often indicates the type of material the section passes through. The tighter the crosshatching is, the finer the piece. The main design over the crosshatching is usually painted in black and occasionally in green.