Sentences with phrase «translucent washes»

Expressive fields of colour, carefully structured by an underlying geometry, were rendered in translucent washes of acrylic paint — a fusion of painterly skill and improvisational virtuosity.
Here, translucent washes of brown and yellow cover the frame and edges of a composition traversed at the center by a long horizontal band of narrow, richly textured lines of cobalt blue and white.
Coupled with the ruled graphite lines that demarcate the different translucent washes of acrylic paint, Martins compositions frequently recall the staff lines of sheet music itself.
Using this understanding of space as an inspiration, she creates paintings by layering translucent washes of paint on paper and canvas, in a process that reflects her early sculptural training.
Using these multiperspectival transparent structures in combination with opaque planes and translucent washes Matta created spaces that seemed to break the time barrier in the sense that they represented simultaneously many places and many points in time, thus fulfilling his dictum that «reality can only be represented in a state of perpetual transformation.»
The works range in technique, from pouring, to translucent washes, to concise brush strokes to drawn out smears.
The spidery calligraphic lines, the half - developed forms, the translucent washes of colours, all appear to capture something - a bird, a plough, a pattern on a dress; but the dissolving forms continually configure and unravel before our eyes.
The technique allows for dark rough lines as well as translucent washes creating a fluid space with depth but without formal perspective.
Instead of the translucent washes of faint color seen during earlier periods, Martin experimented with a palette of muted greys, layering paint to create robust, opaque surfaces that serve as a bridge between her early and later works.
These bird book paintings mix fine abstract marks with more translucent washes in oil paint; some also feature more intricately layered textures and colours.

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But over time he became expert at using solvents to wash the impurities and reactants away, and his compounds increasingly came to form translucent, icelike crystals that indicated a high level of purity.
Formulated to provide a translucent, buildable, luminous wash of color that's velvety in finish and never drying.
This is not an item that you want to go cheap on — you want your white dress shirt to hold its shape through many washings, and not even be the slightest bit translucent.
I chose to wash it instead so that it would be slightly translucent.
While I swear by dry shampoo whenever my hair needs more volume, grit, or oil - control between washes, as a brunette, I've found that most powdery dry shampoo formulas leave behind a white cast — even when they claim to be translucent.
Layers of translucent brushstrokes and opaque washes give texture and depth to shallow domestic interiors and surreal landscapes.
White space is clearly as important to Holyhead as the application of colour, the tension between the two is an intrinsic aspect of his compositions, with crisp, stencil - like geometric shapes cutting into flat translucent areas of wash, heightening both gestural process and media and making artistic intentions — an investigation into the enduring possibilities of painting — subtly present.
Using thin washes of acrylic pigments against white ground, the artist renders compositions reminiscent of flowing, translucent fabrics of many brilliant colors that capture and refract light.
During the mid 1960s Hoyland developed a method of applying thin washes of paint to the canvas which resulted in some areas appearing watery and translucent.
These paints are translucent and can create the matte appearance of lime wash.
Glaze Effects are translucent water - based colors used to create beautiful decorative finishes such as marbling, shabby chic, burnishing and color wash
This striking washing machine comes with a huge, black, translucent door that makes it look like it's come straight out of a sci - fi movie.
Maybe if it was more of a glaze or a wash, (translucent - ish?)
Chic china Switch on and enjoy the bright glow as light washes through the translucent bone china shades of these pendants.
Washed in a coat of translucent color that signals french style, the painted surface is toned down, producing varying results depending on the base and top coats used.
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