Painting Techniques

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Painting Techniques

• Only a sample there are principles but there
  are
• NO RULES

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Alla prima
A painting done in just one layer
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Alla Prima
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Richard Diebenkorn
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Broken color
Layering paint so that the bottom layers show
through
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Paul Cezanne
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Willem De Kooning
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Richard Diebenkorn
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Andy Warhol
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Stippling using the tip of the brush to apply
dots of color
Paul Klee
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Pointillism
Seurat
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Pointillism
Seurat
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Impasto
Applying very thick paint so that the brushstroke
actually leaves a trail in the paint and these
trails create texture and shadow.
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Vincent Van Gogh
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Philip Guston
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Philip Guston
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Wayne Thiebaud
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glazing
Applying thin coats of paints on top of each other
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Morris Louis
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Richard Deibenkorn
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Helen Frankenthaler
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Wayne Thiebaud
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scraffito
Putting on a layer of paint and then scratching
back through it to reveal the paint underneath
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Jean Dubuffet
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Jean Dubuffet
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Cy Twombly
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drybrush
Using an almost empty brush to apply the color
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Francis Bacon
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Francis Bacon
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Claude Monet
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scumbling
Putting layers of lighter color over layers of
darker colors
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J.M.W. Turner
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Sfumato or smooth blending
Blending the paint in a naturalistic way
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Titian
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Eduard Manet
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Georgio Morandi
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The steps to making a painting

• Whether realistic or abstract

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imprimatura
Putting down a thin layer of color before
painting thicker layers on top of it
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The underpainting
Highlights and details are gradually added. Note
the colors are in contrast to what the final
colors will be.
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Color is gradually added and modeled in both
thick and thin layers until the final result is
achieved.
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Another example
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A good site to visit for more information
http//www.bigblackpig.com/painting/glazing.html