Overpaint

Word OVERPAINT
Character 9
Hyphenation o ver paint
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Overpaint"

What do we mean by overpaint?

To color or describe too strongly.

To apply the final layers of paint over underpainting.

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The word "overpaint" in example sentences

Painters learn that it's possible to "overpaint," to ruin a piece because of too many minute revisions which sap the spontaneity and take away the work's ability to "breathe." editing ❋ Unknown (2009)

Leonardo's hand was confirmed after the removal of layers of discolored varnish and overpaint applied by earlier restoration attempts. ❋ Dalya Alberge (2011)

They often find overpaint tourch-ups that some restorer has done and some form of varnish or other coating, such as polyurethane or shellac, as well as surface dirt and cigarette smoke. ❋ Daniel Grant (2011)

I started with the neck, conscious that if the whole concept were in fact beyond my ability, I could overpaint a fluffy scarf or jewel decoration to conceal the failure. ❋ Josh Spilker (2010)

If you try to overpaint oils too soon the layers can mix and go muddy. ❋ Josh Spilker (2010)

Then a certain pachyderm type would overpaint a picture of a rhino kissing its bicep with the famour quote as a caption. ❋ Unknown (2010)

You have to do this before painting the rest of the figure so that you can then overpaint any ovelaps! ❋ Der Alte Fritz (2009)

It was censored at the 1912 spring Salon, and Chagall had to overpaint it hours before the opening. ❋ Mark Archer (2008)

“Many years ago, Nagel hadacquired some private collection items for me, one of them rumored to be a van Gogh overpaint.” ❋ Etherington, Wendy (2007)

WASHINGTON: If you're not careful, you can overpaint that. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Then I took that same color referance, desaturated it to gray tones, then lightenened the overall image in the saturation control so that all the detail remained, but the whole gray scale image was significantly lightened so as I can overpaint the image without it getting to dark to quickly. ❋ Madrigle (2006)

“The dots on the portrait of Dee are called ‘overpaint,’ and they show the parts where previous restorers have retouched or filled in damaged areas,” said Miss Stern. ❋ John Connolly (2005)

Yet there was one large area of concealment in the bottom right-hand corner, noticeable once the overpaint was revealed by the ultraviolet light. ❋ John Connolly (2005)

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