Posts Tagged ‘surface’

Tips on Painting using Spray

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Here are some useful tips for using spray paint.

At first, canned spray paint seems pretty straight forward, however with experience you learn that there are many factors to consider when using this material.

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Drying Oil Paintings

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You have to prepare time for drying. Of course!

Oil painting is a slow drying paint, which consists of particles of pigment suspended in a drying oil, which is most commonly linseed oil. To change the viscosity of the paint a solvent like turpentine or white spirit and varnish can be added to increase the glossiness of the dried film.

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The Three Dimensional Impasto

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What is Impasto?

The ‘Impasto’ refers to a painting technique, in which thick textured paint is applied on canvas to get a three dimensional appearance of the picture being created.

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