Sentences with phrase «alternating layers of paint»

He creates depth by alternating layers of paint with resin, giving his paintings a shadow - box effect.

For the rest of my baskets I layered both colors, French Linen and Country Grey, by dry brushing on alternating layers of paint.

Not exact matches

For his first ever public exhibition in NYC, Young will paint 288 panels of plywood in alternating colors of red, pink, orange and yellow fluorescent, finishing with an opaque coat of black paint to conceal the bright layers underneath.

These paintings are the product of a labor - intensive process known as frottage, in which paint is first applied to the canvas before the artist methodically alternates between scraping off existing layers and adding fresh coats.

Deriving from a traditional practice, Wang produces his Coffin paintings by working with his canvas resting flat on the studio floor, systematically applying layers of acrylic paint in alternating colors — at times monochromatic, at times colorful — resulting in a densely stratified surface.

Incorporating the dynamic visual vocabulary of maps, urban planning grids, and architectural forms, alternating between historical narratives and fictional landscapes, Julie Mehretu's beautifully layered paintings and drawings combine abstract forms with the familiar, pairing the Roman Coliseum with floor plans from international airports, Le Corbusier's unbuilt megacity with blueprints from Zaha Hadid and Tadao Ando, and dashing it all together with a color field full of abstract geometry.

I was looking for ways to attain transparency, build layers and use alternate forms of applying the paint.