My induction into graffiti came last December via Spanish gallery owner Tommy Blaquiere, whose new west London space, London West Bank ( www.londonwestbank.com ), showcases young street artists and offers individual and group courses in the art of "tagging" (with plenty of blank or overpainted walls to legally spray on) for £10 a head. ❋ Helen Kirwan-Taylor (2011)
Brooding over my blue woman, I ate a cheese and chutney sandwich and in the afternoon overpainted the background with browns and crimsons, glazing and rubbing together the colours in the method called scumbling until I had a deep rich background that wasn't identifiably blue or brown or red but which receded from the eye, leaving the face itself startlingly near and clear. ❋ Josh Spilker (2010)
You can figure out these methods by looking at half-finished paintings, in strokes of overpainted elements or pentimenti that have transparentized, or in the edges of the picture normally hidden by frames. ❋ James Gurney (2010)
All the rest is overpainted with the colours you can see now. ❋ Josh Spilker (2010)
I overpainted that once with raw umber, which is a dark yellowish brown, and on top of that I put mixtures of yellow ochre, and then I scratched through all the layers with a piece of metal comb. ' ❋ Josh Spilker (2010)
Cobbe, states that the overpainting was most likely shortly after it was originally painted as one of the several copies from the early 17th C also has the overpainted hair. ❋ Unknown (2009)
I believe in this case he painted the distant mountainscape in one location and then overpainted the backdrop with a fallen log that he found somewhere else. ❋ James Gurney (2008)
He then overpainted them with gouache or watercolor. ❋ Unknown (2007)
He looked at their overpainted faces and tightly pulled shirts in revulsion. ❋ Unknown (2006)
But the square was deliberate: close examination showed that it had indeed been overpainted over the rocky lip of the crater. ❋ Dozois, Gardner (2006)
The sidewalks were peopled by vividly dressed, overpainted girls, who chattered volubly in low, lazy voices, by dozens of taxi-drivers who assailed passing officers with ❋ Unknown (2003)
When oil paint replaced tempera in the fifteenth century, it helped painters to deal with difficult subjects like the human figure because, unlike tempera, oil can be blended and overpainted. ❋ Unknown (2002)
From the eyelids to the hairline, she wore white eye shadow overpainted with what one presumed were mystic symbols. ❋ Asprin, Robert (2001)
The cart was a little dis-quieting-black, with gold symbols overpainted-and the pony in the shafts stood with its head lowered, not grazing, looking as if it had been run half to death. ❋ King, Stephen (1997)
But I walked right up to that overpainted harlot of a manager and I said to her, I said, Listen, missy. ❋ Ed Karvoski Jr. (1997)
Anyway, that grass … I overpainted that once with raw umber, which is a dark yellowish brown, and on top of that I put mixtures of yellow ochre, and then I scratched through all the layers with a piece of metal comb. ' ❋ Francis, Dick, 1920- (1996)
As he lunged for a handhold, she batted at the half-ore's clutching fingers with her fan, a sneer of mild distaste on her overpainted lips. ❋ McLaren, Teri (1996)
