Use vertical strokes to avoid streaks and splotches, which will draw attention to whatever youre hoping to hide, says Regina Viotto, spa director at Paul Labrecque in New York City.
Not exact matches
Using the
stroke of a flat wide brush as his instrument, he gradually «drew» an essentially graphic composition of all - over horizontal and
vertical, long and short, black lines, and curves.
Here, Richter's
use of this tool is restricted to a series of
vertical strokes which he applies with a considerable amount of pressure to eradicate some of his previously painterly layers.
One of his works was a monolithic diptych that was severely pared down in terms of colour, employing the
use of horizontal and
vertical strokes in repetitive manner.
The gesso he
uses as primer is applied onto the canvas in horizontal and
vertical strokes with a broom stick, to recreate the warp and weft of woven rugs.
Tres Memoria, which you see here, represents one of Lynda Benglis's smooth - surfaced encaustic paintings executed on narrow,
vertical supports
using multicoloured liquid wax in even brush
strokes, which she then manipulated with a blow torch to obtain a marbleized color effect.
Repeat step 3, this time
using horizontal instead of
vertical strokes.
I
used an old primer brush and applied a generous even coat, working in medium - length
strokes and rather quickly, being careful not to allow any pooling, especially on the
vertical surfaces so as to prevent running and sagging of the medium.