Sentences with phrase «many thin layers of paint»

After placing the easy peel stencil sticker, you apply a thin layer of paint with a dabber.

My figures are painted in the method of the old masters, where I build up thin layers of paint over an extended period of time.

He was particularly interested in the effect of the soft, malleable qualities of the lead that became visible through the thin layers of paint which he applied to the surface.

He also discovered the Maroger method, which enables the artist to use thin layers of paint and techniques similar to those of the Old Masters.

The surface of the canvas has been worked with many thin layers of paint to produce a strange balance between luminosity and opacity.

He paints slowly, over the course of months if not years, building up thin layers of paint to capture the arrangement and any weathering — of subject matter or medium — that occurs with time.

Painted with a range of yellow, from pale lemon to bright Indian yellow, depth is achieved through the expert application of thin layers of paint, line and thicker areas.

Created by infrequently pouring extremely thin layers of paint onto a prepared surface over long periods of time, the small - scale gesso boards reveal radiant compositions that develop and deepen before the viewer's gaze.

He applied very thin layers of paint over each other, which allowed the colour to radiate through, giving a sense of drama and light.

Parsons creates these lyrical surfaces with thin layers of paint, pushing the paradigm of flatness in Abstract Expressionism even further than her contemporaries.

The 1990s through the present has witnessed the continued efflorescence in painting, as demonstrated in this show by works such as Judith Godwin's Blue, No. 11 (1997), a lyrical expression of mixed emotion, Jasmina Danowski's Tender Trap (2012), in which the artist conveys a sense of moving through an aquatic and sensuous world, Carol Hunt's Easter Morning (2011), featuring a calligraphy of line and shape that conjures archetypal signs and symbols, Katherine Parker's Behind and Above (2011), a canvas built of thin layers of paint that the artist has scraped away to convey a metaphysical awareness of the passage of time, and Susan Vecsey's Napeague Bay, Montauk (2012), in which the subtle color stained into the canvas evokes the emotion of a place remembered and deeply felt.

From the outset of her career, Mason understood the advantages of her interstitial space: she could take refuge from Abstract Expressionism's subjectivity as well as take advantage of the transcendent possibilities of color offered by Color Field (achieved by pouring thin layers of paint onto canvas).

For these, we wanted solid paint coverage that would still allow the texture of the wood grain to show through, something we knew we could achieve by doing multiple thinner layers of paint instead of one thick coat.

Achieve this distressed look with thin layers of paint to let the original wood show through.

For both coats use a very thin layer of paint and add more to cover as each layer dries.

Not exact matches

Use a pastry brush to paint a thin layer of melted butter or oil onto the surface of the double layer filo rectangle.

So they took a coat of white paint to the place, with a layer just thin enough so that the texture of the brick peeks through.

After a few yards, Kool kneels and points to blotches of stone that seem to drip like a bad paint job into the cliff's thin horizontal layers of stone.

Essentially, the thin layer of metallic paint provides a consistent surface for light to reflect from.

The findings, which have been reported in Nature Communications, reveal that the h - BN layers form the strongest thin insulator available globally and the unique qualities of the material could be used to create flexible and almost unbreakable smart devices, as well as scratch - proof paint for cars.

The bimorph is built using atomic layer deposition — chemically «painting» atomically thin layers of silicon dioxide onto aluminum over a cover slip — then wet - transferring a single atomic layer of graphene on top of the stack.

Pro-Tip: Apply a thin layer of petroleum jelly around each nail before painting your nails to prevent the lacquer from drying outside the lines of your nails.

After the paint dried, I used a clean rag and applied a thin layer of clear wax over the paint and let it dry overnight.

Spray paint the chest the color of your choice, using two or three thin layers, allowing them to dry completely in between each coat.

Usually I mix it rather «thin» but recently mixed it thick because I did want a paint mixture that made it possible to actually build up layers of paint for an old European look on a chandelier.

The animation technique is an innovative mix of claymation and traditional cel animation, utilizing a thin layer of oil - based clay that is painted / altered by hand to create the illusion of movement.

I visited a sixty - three - year - old portrait painter in her studio, traced the history of her work chronicled in her large portfolio, and watched as she applied thin luminous layers of paint to a portrait in progress.

Second, a thin layer of clear water - proof silicone adhesive is painted onto the fur and allowed to dry for several hours or overnight.

He would apply layers of thinned paint onto the canvas to create two or three luminous abstract soft - edged rectangles.

The walls of Regina Rex have been taken over by four large, brightly - colored paintings, with luscious layers of thick and thin paint and most with elements of pure black.

Like Louis in his «veil» paintings, Lawlor merges thin layers of pigment in ways that create emotional entities that embody rather than convey deep feeling.

Weber taught him about Cubism and non-representational painting; Gorky taught him about Surrealism, the imagination, and mythic imagery; and Milton Avery, with whom he was good friends for many years, taught him about using thin layers of flat color to create depth through color relationships.

Known for her vocabulary of schematic linear constructions evocative of fantastic structures, tight to loose linear coils, and flat, template - like shapes, Greenbaum has steadily moved from drawing in thin paint on white grounds to layering the surface with different structures and gestures.

Later, many of his paintings would be on plastic — whether thick or thin, ridged or smooth — which contributed to the eerie clarity of their layering and made them seem two - sided, even when hanging on the wall.

Ferris: Spray painting is a very thin way of painting, and there are many layers of thin paint.

Like many artists, Rothko also greatly admired Renaissance paintings and their richness of hue and apparent inner glow achieved through the application of multiple layers of thin glazes of color.

Bradford: That one is called «Friendly Skies» I've been working on it for two years.I enjoy how your paintings earlier paintings had an incredibly layered quality - with what feels like thin pigments on top of thin pigments.

In each painting, a thin, vertical line where the cleansed and painted sections of the composition meet visually vibrates with the remnants of the surface's original layers of paint and separates the two halves of the canvas.

In his current show, Whitney extends his gamut, going from thin, crackled surfaces, to washy, translucent layers exposing painted over shapes, to solid planes of color.

In his recent exhibition, Standard Deviation, at the Green on Red Gallery (May 30 — July 6, 2013), the aluminum sheets that make up the surfaces of his paintings are covered with thin layers of translucent colors; puddles, slashes and spills; scraped, sanded and scarred areas; built up grooves and ellipses, none of which add up to an overall image or dissipate into randomness and chaos.

Rejecting traditional methods of building paintings with layers of thin glazes, the Impressionists worked spontaneously to capture the fleeting effects of light using bright pigments, large brushstrokes, and thick impasto.

I use an artistic process that often consists of layering thin, transparent paper upon which I subsequently paint and draw.

This speaks to her skill as a painter — creating uninterrupted bands of color, using thin layers of fast drying paint.

Rather, the space is lit by diffused natural light, which intensifies the intimacy of looking at Martin's painting: the subtle variations of the pencil lines, the thin washes and layers of paint that seem to sit on the surfaces of stretched canvas.

For the past few years, Farber has been making paintings comprised of multiple thin layers of clear acrylic pouring medium.

He painted in thin, layered washes of color that seemed to glow from within, and his large - scale canvases were intended to be seen at close range, to that the viewer would feel engulfed by them.

One can see his hand on video, applying thick daubs of paint — which just happen not to match the thin layers of color and peeling paper on canvas.

He uses a wide range of brushwork and surface treatments to draw attention to the varied textures of the canvas - often applying distemper (a tempera paint made with dry pigments in animal glue) in thin brushy layers - to capture qualities of light and the changing effects of the atmosphere.

Instead of Dingle's typical palette of blue, sepia and grey, these compositions are rendered in a sugar sweet mélange of pastel yellows, ochres, greens and blues in a fanciful layering of both thin washes and sweeping, buttery strokes of oil paint à la Wayne Thiebaud.

Relying on the thinner quality of acrylic paint compared to oil, Nara creates each painting by adding and removing pigment until he reaches his desired effect: a canvas made up of suspended hues that allows the figure to emerge through layers of color, inviting the viewer to stand still and enter a moment of contemplation.