Wittenberg's practice commences, in this instance, with a loose watercolor painting on paper,
then oil and acrylic, collapsing into a line drawing, and then, finally, monotype printing.
Not exact matches
But this time on one of my Christmas orders, I used an
acrylic (really flat) paint for my base
and the
oil for the lettering...
then clear wax!
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.
Though I would complete an
oil portrait in the same way, the drying time would be much greater; the joy of
acrylics is that you can work wet into wet, but
then dry the area with a hairdryer
and quickly move onto the next stage.
Although his work was initially two - dimensional, mostly paintings in
oil and acrylic, he began incorporating sculpture, first separately
and then as elaborately constructed frames over which he would stretch canvas.
He makes paintings by going to public spaces around L.A., like the beach or the Americana mall,
and quickly sketching what he sees there — tanners lounging in swimwear, dog - walkers, picknickers, etc. — on an iPad,
then goes back to his studio
and simply paints these scenes on canvas in
acrylic, airbrush,
and oil sticks that he melts on his stovetop.
Despite being the smallest piece in the show, this rectangular amalgamation of
oil paint,
acrylic paint, household paint, varnish
and mixed media collage on canvas (
then mounted on board) had that rare feeling of monumentality.
Since
then, Alexander Kaletski has explored mediums
and techniques such as burlap,
oil on canvas, pastel
and watercolors on paper,
and acrylic on wood, gaining a reputation of an internationally acclaimed artist.
Bickerton
then works directly onto the photographic print using thick layers of
oil and acrylic paint so that the components of photograph, painting,
and sculpture become indistinguishable.
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.
Rather than painting thickly with opaque paint, Frankenthaler used
oil and then later,
acrylic paint, thinly like watercolor, pouring it onto raw canvas
and letting it soak
and stain the canvas, flowing into shapes of flat translucent color.
The Aged Paintings are painted with
acrylic and oil on burlap with almost photorealistic precision,
and then aged
and patinated, appearing almost as artefacts of our times to a future civilisation.
Employing
oil,
acrylic gouache
and ink on canvas or linen, the artist builds coats of intensely hued pigments
and then deconstructs the surface; creating translucent layers which evoke space
and dimension.
His painting of the Solomon Guggenheim Museum (1979, Guggenheim) was initially painted with
acrylic,
and then over painted in
oil.
Then I color
acrylic modeling paste for creating 3D foliage,
and paint over everything with
oil.