Sentences with phrase «like turpentine»

Resins typically have strong and interesting odors (familiar to many in products like turpentine, a commercial resin derivative), and they cause the distinctive smell of a pine forest in the summer when they vaporize from leaves and bark.

When injected into the oil reservoir, it mixes with the oil and mobilizes more of it — like turpentine cleaning paint — and then allows it to be pumped to the surface.

Not exact matches

Mountain pepper berries have an oily, mineral - like, turpentine aroma and when even minute grains of the ground fruits are tasted, an initial sweet, fruity flavor is quickly followed by an intense, biting, tongue - numbing and eye - watering heat that continues to build and will not subside for some minutes.

The grayanotoxin produced in the pieris japonica has turpentine - like chemical properties which can cause painful burning in the mouth when it is chewed.

Nestled in a park - like setting, with a turpentine forest backdrop, Ferngrove Estate homestead reflects an atmosphere of tranquility.

Where Pollock had used enamel that rested on raw canvas like skin, Ms. Frankenthaler poured turpentine - thinned paint in watery washes onto the raw canvas so that it soaked into the fabric weave, becoming one with it.

Like de Kooning's paintings of the period, Baselitz's new works impart a watercolor - like fluidity, achieved through the thinning of oil paints with turpentine and their swift, loose applicatLike de Kooning's paintings of the period, Baselitz's new works impart a watercolor - like fluidity, achieved through the thinning of oil paints with turpentine and their swift, loose applicatlike fluidity, achieved through the thinning of oil paints with turpentine and their swift, loose application.

Combining oil and turpentine washes with water - based casein, Bearden renders a rich surface of earthy color, mottled with crater - like ellipses that are apparently the result of the oil's resistance to water.

Paintings such as these, made with a mixture of oil color, turpentine and wax, looked like the end of something — either a culmination or a cul - de-sac — when they were first shown.

Subtracting paint by rubbing out areas using a turpentine - laden cloth and then adding back paint became an important technical element, creating cloud - like areas and voluminous forms, like the orange area in the bottom left corner of «Luminous Undercurrent.»

«I wanted to paint what a bad, stonking hangover really felt like» Hambling explains, not missing a beat when I ask about the poignant juxtaposition of this artwork in relation to her painting Lungs, which brutally illustrates dissected blood - filled bronchi bleeding trails of blackened turpentine.

Her signature paint - thinning technique, in which she diluted the oil paint with turpentine, coupled with an entirely revolutionary method of staining (rather than dripping or brushing paint onto) the canvas undoubtedly changed the course of art history and influenced the likes of Kenneth Noland, Morris Louis and Jules Olitski.