Sentences with phrase «surface of your acrylic painting»

For example, bubble wrap can actually meld with the surface of an acrylic painting, and leave a permanent texture!

Collector's Tip to Protect your Art Collection Cleaning advice for paintings and artwork not under glass Every once in a while take a clean damp cloth (like an old cotton tee shirt) and gently wipe the surface of an acrylic painting off to remove grime that has accumulated.

In fact, it is discouraged to use any liquid, including water, to clean the surface of your acrylic painting.

Not exact matches

First, I gave the entire surface of the pumpkins two coats of acrylic orange paint, and gave the base of the piece two coats of black paint and let it dry.

It's then given several coats of primer (very often a white acrylic primer called gesso) to seal it and prevent the oil from the paints soaking through the surface.

Hunter writes: «In the show, twelve recent, mostly large - scale, conventionally stretched works share fast - looking brush strokes; few visible layers of oil or acrylic; a graphic, flat appearance that emphasizes surface; and the impression — confirmed in the curatorial statement — that these paintings did not take long to make... The works in the exhibition raise the question, for me, of what it is that we value about painting right now — where we locate meaning and value in paintings made quickly.»

The surfaces of these wooden works are variously inscribed with watercolor, enamel, and acrylic paint, lacquer, oil, colored pencil, and graphite — materials that they share with the drawings that trace the evolution of individual pieces.

Although unique works, not editions, the painting - like things that Finnis presents were in fact printed by Magnolia Editions of Oakland in acrylic inks on prefabricated surfaces - doors, drawer and desk components from Ikea.

But when seen up close, what look like Impressionistic brushstrokes reveal themselves to be tiny but precise indentations, carved into surfaces that have been built up with dozens of shimmering layers of acrylic paint.

Seliger was equally celebrated for his meticulously detailed abstractions as well as for the techniques he invented and used to cover the surfaces of his Masonite panels — building up layers of acrylic paint, often sanding or scraping each layer to create texture, and then delineating the forms embedded in the layers of pigment with a fine brush or pen.

Superficie Bianca (White Surface), painted in white acrylic, is a typical example: the viewer encounters rhythmic indentations and protrusions, a delicate topography of peaks and valleys.

In Saint Cloud (1970), a long, rectangular black acrylic painting, rows of dashed horizontal bands cut from the surface reveal the depth of the painting's wooden framework.

Through the use of materials such as nylon flocking, which is a material commonly found in wallpaper, sand, resin and acrylic paint, the highly physical surfaces create a sense of deep pictorial space.

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.

Often built up over months and sometimes years, Bradford's paintings are textured, semi-transparent coats of acrylic paint, with hints of pentimenti exposed in the finished surface.

Utilizing a radically original technique of pushing acrylic paint through wire mesh, she creates rich, fiber - like surfaces, which evoke historic forms of wall coverings such as woven tapestries or latch hook rugs.

Of central focus to his oeuvre are his monochrome works where — using layers of oil or acrylic gel on hard reflective stainless steel, aluminum or Perspex — he combs the paint across the surface in continuous rhythmic movementOf central focus to his oeuvre are his monochrome works where — using layers of oil or acrylic gel on hard reflective stainless steel, aluminum or Perspex — he combs the paint across the surface in continuous rhythmic movementof oil or acrylic gel on hard reflective stainless steel, aluminum or Perspex — he combs the paint across the surface in continuous rhythmic movements.

With their sensuous and reflective surfaces created with multiple layers of sprayed - on acrylic pigment and glazed with Murano (a powdered pigment which is suspended in clear lacquer), Novros» paintings provide the viewer with new types of perceptual and emotional experiences.

The works in the exhibition display his characteristic textured treatment of the painted surface, built with layer upon layer of thickly encrusted acrylic paint mixed with pumice and often finished in vivid colours.

Martin's specific process of using acrylic lends her work a highly - sophisticated tonality; colors absorb and reflect light, adding a particular luminescence that appears to dissolve the painted surface, no matter how textured and corporeal, into atmospheric light.

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.

By then, Whitten had arrived at a signature method of building up layers of acrylic paint and drawing a tool across the surface — an afro pick, blade or rubber squeegee purchased on nearby Canal Street.

There are sheets of clear plastic brushed with yellow and green acrylic paint, which peels off the surface like old nail varnish.

The surfaces of her pictures are built from layers of acrylic paint, charcoal and coloured pencil in vintage, jewel - like colours: mahogany and maroon, peach and lime, ice - blue and old rose.

In Dissociation, utilizing acrylic - paint reproductions of man - made surfaces and refuse, the textures take on the qualities of paint; flexible, and lightweight.

The resulting paintings contain a luminous interplay between the mirror - like finish of the metal surfaces — reflecting a view that changes from every vantage point — and the highly saturated colors of the pigmented wax and traditional acrylic silkscreen images.

His cut - paper paintings juxtapose faintly outlined images: a jumping basketball player, a giant butterfly, a floating fragment of Wright's Guggenheim Museum... The Ghostly mat acrylic surfaces of the paintings are gently incised and peeled away to reveal playful dreamscapes of free association.

And yes, it is the acrylic paint that the viewers see, but instead of seeing it on the surface, it's rather within the artwork, creating mesmerizing and fluctuating highlights, reflections and refractions, through a spatial color effect similar to the one that could be seen in the work of Barnett Newman or Mark Rothko.

Lines of airbrushed acrylic paint are added, alluding to «a needle threading the surface (into) other realms.»

Though working in a variety of mediums, the artist is known primarily for his painting, bringing acrylic and oil stick to a range of surfaces — linen, paper, wood and pages of books — and exploring the human tendency for pattern hunting.

Whitten's 1980s explorations of surface and relief are in evidence with USA Oracle (1986), a monochrome made of a single cast surface of silver acrylic paint, creating a densely textured topography of screens, meshes, imprints, and gesture.

The monochromatic paintings began as vigorously gestural works and then evolved into thin surfaces, from which much of the paint had been scraped away, and ultimately to highly textured accumulations of dense, encrusted acrylic.

The canvases, thick with acrylic paint, have a surface tension of their own.

In Li Trincere's trapezoidal and cruciate paintings, the simple forms are enhanced by the rich and glossy surfaces achieved by the application of multiple coats of acrylic or sparkly enamel paint; meanwhile Matthew Deleget's humorously nihilistic single - color paintings are nearly destroyed by hammering out the centers, leaving an irregular maw of colored shards and the wall surface behind the remains.

The «Wood Grain» and «Carpet» paintings have more muted though still very textured surfaces: The former are painted with thin washes of acrylic paint to create trompe l'oeil effects, while the latter are pieces of real plush carpet

James Lecce is similarly interested in sumptuous surface textures, but also the rhythmic play of tight tonalities in his layered, poured paintings of acrylic polymer emulsion enhanced with metallic swaths of color.

Notwithstanding the use of acrylic paint, he makes the influence of illustration apparent, equally attending to all of the aspects of the painted surface without leaving anything to chance.

Instead of filling the surface like he did in his early paintings, Contino let air in by centering the image on a shimmering acrylic background.

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.

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.

In the strongest work in this show, what look like cut - up scraps of painted canvas are really thick swaths of acrylic paint, peeled off a flat surface and draped over bare wood stretcher bars leaning against the wall.

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.

The physical act and process of painting couched in a formal construct is explored by Nola Zirin's thick scraped surfaces, Cecily Kahn's dripping take on cubism, and Marthe Keller's insouciant acrylic washes.

Blunk used black and white acrylic paint to emphasize the chainsaw - textured surfaces of his scrap wood panels.

Jack Whitten Ribbons of Honor 2009 acrylic collages on painted panel In the exhibition, small - scale paintings Ribbons of Honor, demonstrate Whitten's ability to shock and awe with color, surface tension and geometry.

Markus Linnenbrink uses dry pigment, water, and an acrylic binder to paint bright parallel swaths of color on varying surfaces including canvas, floors, ceilings, and walls.

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.

In his Coffin paintings, thin strips of acrylic paint line the canvas, wrapping around the frontal surface and leaving the trace of drips.

On unstretched linen, he layers oil and acrylic paint in thick and uniform quantity, but then strips and sands the surface of the painting to lay bare, in erratic patches, the linen's surface and fibers.

The Pollock influence can be seen most readily in a painting like «March Hare» (2014), with its intertwining of poured paint, poured clear acrylic medium and removed muslin (more on that in a moment), making for a rough - surfaced, spatially ambiguous web.