Sentences with phrase «quick oil sketches»

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I don't know what's «industry standard practice» for fine art galleries these days, regarding pricing works on paper vs. works on canvas, but my suspicion is that the reason for the * historical * difference between the two is that works on paper are perceived to be less «serious» (after all, watercolor started out as a quick way for oil painters to sketch out drafts), and less long - lasting (historically, a lot of watercolors were fugitive, and tended to fade with time, unlike varnished oil paintings).

The portraits at the Frick varied widely in formality and speed of execution, ranging from quick and expressive drawings and oil sketches to full - length canvases made in Van Dyck's capacity as court painter to Charles I. Works in the first category can look unnervingly contemporary, particularly the sensitive and precocious self - portraits that appeal, anachronistically, to our obsession with «authenticity.»

Indeed, Morris himself alluded to this preparatory training when he described his compulsive habit of making «quick oil or pencil sketches when something has caught my eye!