Technique: • In these paintings, I opted for
thinner paint application with many layers so the paintings have a deep color - field resonance.
So has the work of Hilma af Klint, whose paintings, along with those of Agnes Martin, share with Hackett's a light touch and dry surface that combines
thin paint application with geometric drawing strategies.
Not exact matches
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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.
Like de Kooning's
paintings of the period, Baselitz's new works impart a watercolor - like fluidity, achieved through the
thinning of oil
paints with turpentine and their swift, loose
application.
The particular way she nuances the picture plane with a variety of
paint application is the factor that intrigues me though; thick and
thin, brushed and sprayed — both possess
While
thinned oil
paint tends not to be as brilliant as stained acrylic, Bush's loose and casual
application — usually with a brush — enlivened the surface, giving what became known as his «thrust» and «sash»
paintings their characteristic warmth.
Mullican developed a meditative
painting technique that he called «striation,» which involved the
application of textured lines of
paint to the canvas using the
thin edge of a printer's knife.
Through the careful
application of surface treatments on walls, calculative placement of
thin, angular, wood sculptures and the addition of signature
painted fragments, Amm constructs a visual picture plane from the tangible gallery space.
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.
But we soon find ourselves seduced by
paint applications, from bold swipes to
thin washes; by rich color, coiling lines, rhythmically stabbed pat - terns, drips and much, much more, all in the service of unpredictable shapes.
From a technique point of view, two trends emerge from this group of work: one; an emphasis on ground - using
thin watercolor-esque
applications of
paint (staining) on to thickly combed grounds of gesso, and two; the use of hard, taped edges and the blending of wet
paint on wet
paint.
Some passages,
painted with
thin fluid
paint, differ from those
painted with a pastose
application of
paint, and the
paint appears to have been scraped off in some areas so that the lighter tones of the undercoat are visible; light and dark dashes of
paint appear all over the canvas.
Her latter
paintings receive
thinner applications of oil yet remain painterly.
Gorky's
application of
paint achieved a greater freedom, the resulting images shining through the
thin pigment, as in the Pirate I (1942).
One result of Inness» time in Barbizon was the modification of his earlier, academic manner for looser,
thinner applications of oil consistent with avant - garde French landscape
painting.
In the catalogue for his 1978 Arts Council, Hayward Gallery exhibition, an art critic wrote: «in spite of the excessive piling on of
paint, the effect of these works on the mind is of images recovered and reconceived in the barest and most particular light, the same light that seems to glow through the late, great,
thin Turners... an unpremeditated manifestation arising from the constant
application of true draughtsmanship.»
Dryer pitted the literalness of her
paintings against
thin, sometimes streaky
applications of
paint for results that are witty and startling, assertive yet suffused with a delicate, even poetic atmosphere.
In regards to the surface based on
application, if you are more of a seasoned furniture painter, you can also use Chalk
Paint ™ with a
paint sprayer, but you will need to
thin out the
paint with water to get the right viscosity.
Thin uniform
applications are extremely important over dark colored
paints!