Oil painting smooth painting
In contrast to the "dry brush" painting method, the "smooth brush" painting method pursues the glassy smooth and flat picture effect without any brush marks. The requirements of the "smooth" drawing method are as follows: (1) The first is to choose fine texture linen, do the bottom with sandpaper repeatedly grinding, in order to fine texture. (2) In any stage of painting, do not use thick painting, easy to produce obvious brush strokes. (3) Try to avoid the use of toning liquid, especially thick polymeric toning media. To use a fresh oil paint color, dilute it slightly with resinous turpentine. (4) The sketch manuscript should be accurate and clear. (5) The first layer of oil painting should be painted with clean and even strokes, without bumps, and the colors should be fully harmonized. (6) In the process of coloring, we should use more fan pens to smooth the color. Small oil painting rollers and cotton rags can also be used. (7) require smooth surface, multi-layer painting is necessary, color by the layers of rich. (8) "smooth" as a technique is only used in a part of the painting process is the best, because too much smooth will make the picture color poor and weak. If it is used with techniques such as thick coating and dry pen, its texture characteristics can be better reflected.
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This is, more or less, how I paint with both oils and acrylics. It's also what some (obnoxious and arrogant) art dealers told me they didn't like about my works: too technical and smooth, they missed the painterly character. What they meant by that is less accurate techniques, drips and blobs and "happy little accidents". I guess their heads are stuck in their asses. Also: art dealers are by no means painters, so I guess a little envy could be the source of those comments.
I stick to fine techniques like glazing and carefully building up an image to a smooth surface where small subtle textures help define the image, together with complex layers that make light travel in ways that tingle my imagination and creates effects which represent Mother Nature in the best possible way I can achieve that.
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