The artist works on a foundation that consists of 12 to 15 layers
of acrylic paint applied translucently, giving it an oscillating and yet invulnerable quality.
Each work consists of one colour
of acrylic paint applied according to the range of sizes available in one standard pack of household brushes.
The paintings and works on paper are part of a series of portraits rendered delicately in pencil and luminescent fields
of acrylic paint applied with a sponge or caressing brush.
The process begins with layers
of acrylic paint applied to stretched plastic sheets, which are then peeled off to create a foundation.
Not exact matches
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acrylic paint for your project, give the jars 24 hours dry time between coats
of paint; otherwise when you
apply the second coat it might peel off some
of the first coat
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STEP 2: Take your foam brush and
apply white
acrylic paint all over the top
of your wooden box.
Color Field pioneer Sam Gilliam, for example, first
applied acrylic paint to raw, unprimed canvas by staining it like a piece
of fabric, as realized in the sculpture -
painting hybrid Hedge Sky.
Wilson uses humble tools: he
applies acrylic paint with a drywall knife or house
paint roller to geometric areas
of canvas edged by masking tape.
The artist strips color from flags
of African and African diaspora countries, leaving only the graphic stripes, stars, crescents, and shields,
applied in black
acrylic paint directly on raw canvas.
Like his late contemporaries Keith Haring and Jean - Michel Basquiat, Kenny Scharf has been a key figure in the translation
of street - art culture from the walls and train yards
of New York City to the fine - art galleries
of Chelsea,
applying the graffiti burner's tools
of trade (spray
paint,
acrylic, scrawled words) to canvases.
In «bear fun,» it was the back
of the found board that provided the perfect slippery surface, akin to oil
paint, on which Moran instead
applied acrylic and varnish with an expressive and lyrical energy.
Like a body encoded by textiles, a room can (momentarily) elide its physical reality through the application
of provisional systems: a voile curtain over barred windows: bright
acrylic paint applied to hard stone; an A4 drawing
of flowers, tacked up with masking tape onto breeze block.
The
acrylic paint is often thin and
applied in one go, so most
of the drawing beneath is still visible.
In her current work, Mari» is experimenting with different methods
of applying acrylic paint through the use
of unconventional objects, mediums, and textures.
Number 4 - 32 belongs to a particular subset
of Stripe
paintings in which Louis employed a long
painting stick wrapped with cheesecloth to
apply the
acrylic paints at the top edge
of the canvas, which he allowed to cascade down the
painting's surface canvas.
As you may already know, Helen Frankenthaler was a pioneer
of another technique called Color Fielding — a form
of non-objective
painting, that allowed for thinned - out oil or
acrylic pigment to be
applied, often times poured and spread, directly onto the unprimed canvas.
For the
paintings in Point
of Entry, Hollowell builds upon flat linen - covered panels by
applying shapes carved from high - density foam that are then sealed with a mixture
of sawdust and
acrylic medium.
He creates his Submersion
Paintings, in intense blues and saturated magentas, by staining untreated canvases with rich washes
of acrylic paint before
applying a thick layer
of gesso.
Take that «core» and
apply it to the strikingly different later
acrylic and collage
paintings of 1972 and 1973, specifically the Arabian Nights fantasy titled Flying Carpet with its Klimt touch
of golden fabric.
To create her
paintings, she builds upon flat linen - covered panels by
applying shapes carved from high - density foam that are then sealed with a mixture
of sawdust and
acrylic medium.
Finally, he
applies as many as 40 layers
of acrylic paints to create the final work.
For her elegant exhibition «Time Being,» abstract artist Sky Pape created expressive works on paper using a combination
of Sumi ink, water, gouache, and Flashe
acrylic paint,
applied with homemade brushes and palm fronds.
The San Francisco dealer Jessica Silverman has a knack for putting together memorable booths at art fairs, and her selection
of paintings by the Canadian - born, Berlin - based artist Shannon Finley was a knockout, presenting a suite
of abstractions that the artist created by using a palette knife to
apply acrylic that he mixed with gels for a satiny, opalescent effect.
Although she follows a fixed method in her
painting,
applying purely geometrical shapes to a classic 48 x 38 cm portrait format in layer after layer
of oil and
acrylic paint, her
painting is far removed from serial production.
John
applied bright red and black
acrylic paint onto newspaper to create this one -
of - a-kind original artwork measuring 15 inches high by 11 inches wide.
More lightly
applied than at first appears, Tomasko's
acrylic and oil washes admit plenty
of air, and she sweeps confidently across corners with a blast
of spray
paint that offer a revealing contrast, with their blurred edges, with the inter-woven tighter cuts
of blue.
Their self - reflexive but coded titles refer to materials used and basic production details: «S. P.» in S. P. / R # 113 (all works 2013) is shorthand for «suspended»; «R» stands for red, the color
of the
acrylic, enamel, or Day - Glo
paint applied to each plate; «# 1,» the chronological order in which the work
of the series was made in a year; and «13,» the year in which the work was completed.
Her playful
acrylic abstractions on paper focus more on the geometric patterning
of interlocking diagonals, which she breaks up with loosely
applied paint, dripping through the composition.
Then Betts uses a CNC (Computerized Numerical Control) machine to
apply single drops
of acrylic paint to canvas.
Employing the old technique
of «layer
painting», Fomenko
applies the practice in a modernized way and injects bright primary shades
of acrylic paint onto the canvas, before awakening his subjects
of surrealism with oils by using broad brushstrokes.
The British artist, Shaun McDowell, has worked to create distinct series
of paintings using different materials and applications in each body —
acrylic paint applied by hand, oil stick drawn and smudged, oil
paint applied wet on dry to build up layers
of clear independent marks that form a whole.
Heavily influenced by number tables that translate visually into meditative patterns
of kaleidoscope colors, Eric's work is created by meticulously
applying acrylic paint directly from the tube onto surfaces
of aluminum and wood panels.
On display are small animal sculptures made
of bronze on which Merrick
applied a thick layer
of acrylic paint.
When elements
of the work were rejected by censors ahead
of its inclusion in a biennial in China, rather than withdraw Sze created Calendar Series China Revision, 2015,
applying strips
of black
acrylic paint to cover the content proscribed by the censors — all news references to China.
The method begins by
applying thick layers
of oil
paint, or carving
acrylic paint, into the canvas.
Work No. 1102 2011 consists
of four thick horizontal rectangular strokes
of bright red
acrylic paint applied across a commercially prepared and unframed canvas.
The British artist, Shaun McDowell, has worked to create distinct series
of paintings using different materials and applications in each body —
acrylic paint applied by hand, oil stick drawn and smudged, oil
paint applied wet on dry to build up layers
of...
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.
Work No. 1104 2011 consists
of six thick horizontal rectangular strokes
of deep opaque pink
acrylic paint applied across a commercially prepared and unframed canvas.
But perhaps most startling were Fleming's
paintings opposite those new geometric abstractions: broad canvases with thick, oily smears
of acrylic forcefully
applied to their surfaces.
He then
applies it to canvas, often setting the dry
acrylic pieces into a field
of wet
paint, essentially creating inlaid
paintings where the sense
of spatial relations is not readily apparent.
The optically titillating large - scale
paintings are made by
applying layers
of acrylic paint to a canvas in a pre-determined order, resulting in heavily - built surfaces that take on illusionistic depth as the tone scale varies.
The Skyscape series employs
acrylic painting on digital pigment print and was heavily influenced by my experience
of applying for permanent residency in the United States.
The mineral effect
of the surfaces
of the objects derives from the metal plating
applied to chairs and bicycles, fans, watering cans, and other objects, whereas the uniformity
of color derives from the
acrylic paint that Arman uses as coating or glue.
In his practice
of creating abstract
paintings Patrick Wilson uses humble tools — he
applies acrylic paint with a drywall knife to drag layers
of translucent and dense coats
of paint across the canvas to progressively build rectilinear spaces
of line, pigment, light, and texture.
The contrast between natural and man - made is highlighted through the use
of applied materials to the wooden canvas, which range from graphite drawings,
acrylic, mixed media, enamel
paint and resin.
An even surface
of polymer resin is
applied to the hard - edged
acrylic paint job, adding a thickness and sheen that becomes brilliantly apparent after a thorough going over with a propane torch to remove air bubbles.
He rigorously hand -
paints his works, slowly
applying layers
of acrylic to wood panel, canvas or paper.
But all
of the objects here use some form
of black pigment — ink, spray
paint,
acrylic, graphite —
applied to canvas, Mylar or found paper.
Mario Yrisarry stenciled and sprayed his canvases with
acrylic paint, exploring non-traditional, non-brush methods
of applying pigment during the 1960s and 70s in New York.