Painting Grounds:
- Titanium Oil Ground- a high quality oil ground that
contains no lead. It is mixed by
combining titanium white, marble dust, and linseed oil to create flexibility. It dries as a semi-absorbent, satin finish. The
final product will have a very soft and a beautiful fine white color.
-Lead Oil Ground- has a heavy, thick
formulation. It contains pure lead
carbonate and marble dust that gives it the perfect amount of absorbency and
tooth.
-Gamblin Oil Ground-it creates a strong, bright
foundation for oil colors. It’s mixed
with alkyd resin, titanium dioxide, and barium sulfate. It’s seen to be more flexible than
traditional oil primers like Gesso. The
titanium dioxide is what creates the ground to have its opacity. It has a high pigment count so it takes only
about two coats to cover your piece rather than four coats.
Painting Supports:
-Linen-provides a strong weave and elasticity. It’s used more commonly by portrait artists
or landscape artists. The fibers in this
material last longer, stay flexible for a longer amount of time, are resistant
to bacterial rot, and are less affected by the environment around it.
-Canvas-one of the most common supports for a
painting surface. They are very flexible
and can create a very smooth surface for paintings, bold texture, and give enhancement
for a collage. With a stretched canvas
one can be given a very nice professional look with this being one’s support.
-Fiberglass- it’s
made of a polyester resin that has bits of glass fiber in it. If using a large panel, it’ll need to be
braced/cross-braced as any large piece needs to be. This support can give a very beautiful effect
to one’s painting in a unique way.
Painting Tools:
-Paintbrushes- oil paintbrushes typically have stiff
bristles. Besides paint, paintbrushes
are significantly the most important tool in creating a painting. The three most common are the hog bristle,
synthetic, and sable. Paintbrushes come
in several different shapes such as, rounds, flats, filberts, and fans, but one
can decide on which will be most beneficial by knowing in advance how they want
their painting textured or smoothed out.
-Turpentine- a paint thinner that is used to mix
liquid and oil paint together. Also a
thin layer of paint mixed with this material will allow the paint to dry faster
and cover a larger area on your chosen support.
It’s a very strong smelling, toxic chemical so it must be used in a
particular ventilated area.
-Medium- an oil medium is an additive that is mixed
with the paint to change how the paint moves across the canvas. An example of this is that, using this
material over a large amount of work can create a very matted finish to
it.
Painting Techniques:
-Indirect painting- involves a buildup of gradually
placing layer of paint one after the other, modifying the top layer, and
concealing the bottom/lower layers. The under
painting made should be just an outline and then the upper layers set more in
detail.
-Glazing- consists of applying usually with a wide
brush a transparent layer of paint over an opaque layer of paint. It creates a stained-glass effect that is not
obtained by a direct mixture of paint.
An optical depth is produced that attracts the viewer’s eyes rather than
the opaque paint.
-Impasto- paint is applied directly on the painting
surface creating a very bold expressive look.
A lot of texture is created making the painting appear to be very
three-dimensional.
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