Yossifor paints these works in one shot, until one thick
layer of oil paint begins to harden.
Not exact matches
Often
beginning with a charcoal drawing, and gradually building up
layers in
oil or tempera, Reyes
paints blocks
of color that appear photorealistic when seen from a distance, but become more abstract and gestural upon closer inspection.
Around 1960, Fontana
began to reinvent the cuts and punctures that had characterized his highly personal style up to that point, covering canvases with
layers of thick
oil paint applied by hand and brush and using a scalpel or Stanley knife to create great fissures in their surface.
Since resuming his engagement with «terre verte» Marden has
begun layering oil paint of this single color, focusing his conditions in order to heighten them, so to speak.
The method
begins by applying thick
layers of oil paint, or carving acrylic
paint, into the canvas.
During my training at the California College
of Arts and Crafts, I
began to create collage drawings that
layered disparate images on top
of one another; I now use
oil paint in a similar way, starting with an abstract background and then adding more photorealistic details, allowing the work to dictate its own construction.
The
paintings can take months to complete, the artist
beginning with thin coats
of oil or tempera before the topmost
layer is applied in a thick impasto.
Otero
begins by applying
layers of oil paints on a piece
of glass in reverse order.
She draws out the shapes with pencil and
begins to build with color, eventually shifting to opaque
layers of oil paint employing trompe l'oeil trickery and overlays.