Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Lucia Flores Homework #2

Techniques:

Fat over Lean- requires each layer of paint to have more oil than the first, in order for the paint to dry properly.

Wet-into Wet (alla prima)- requires no under painting or over painting, it is a direct approach, because you make adjustments while the first layer of paint is wet instead of waiting for the layers to dry.  It’s fast pass


Expressive Brush Work- use texture to create an emotion.  Brush strokes can be highly visible or combined with smooth strokes.

Supports:

Linen Canvas-is made from the fibers of a flax plant, which allows the canvas to be strong and flexible. Linen is also believed to last for several years, without decomposing.   Linen canvas can be primed with oil or gesso. Either primer allows the use of oil paints.

Cotton Canvas- is less expensive than the linen canvas, more flexible, and lighter in weight.   Even though it’s more affordable, you would have to buy a high grade of cotton to get the strength of linen.  Since it is extremely flexible, it’s more difficult to use on large stretch canvases.

ArtFix Polyester Rolls- isn’t affected by temperature like linen and cotton and is more suitable for moisture.   Polyester also gives a smoother surface to paint on unlike the weaving marks from linen and cotton.

Grounds:

Textured ground- to create texture in a painting, this can be done with Gesso and a paintbrush or palette knife.

Williamsburg Oil Ground- mix Titanium white, marble dust, and stand oil (for improved flow)

Tonal Ground- Is a transparent color that can be applied as a gradient or a solid. This is can be the shadow color to a painting.  Leaving it visible in places

Tools for oil painting:

Fan paint brush- is used for shading, blurring, glazing and good for painting hair, grasses, and thin branches.

Thinner- like turpentine to extend the paint, this will dry fairly easy, but will leave the color dull


Special Effect Palette Knifes- allows you to create texture or add special effects

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