Sample Gallery: Didactic Artwork and Research Projects

sgraffito GILDING

Embellished water gilding

bole, gold, lead white, umber egg tempera layering for sgraffito

Sgraffito process, left to right progression.

sgraffito image

painting techniques

Northern Renaissance techniques. Oil on Chalk Gessoed panels.

Baroque techniques. oil on canvas.

Baroque techniques, oil on panels.

Glazing techniques, oil on panels.

LA ROLDANA PROJECT

17th century techniques

See video page select:

The Making of a Spanish Polychrome Sculpture

for an in-depth presentation on this technique.

SGRAFFITO GUILDING

Wood panel

Gessoed panel

Sgraffito technique after Luisa Roldan sculpture St Gines de la Jara.

POLYCHROME TECHNIQUE

Carving by Marcelo Santos/ Gesso and painting by Sylvana Barrett

Gesso application to sculpted hand

Underpaint

Didactic encarnaciones, or polychrome,
technique.

binding media project

Samples paintings in historical techniques for both technical analysis and display of major binding media.

Oil binder

egg yolk binder

Casein Binder

Hide glue binder

Fresco

Gum binder

Wax binder

Fayum portrait project

Fayum Portrait, hot wax encaustic technique 1 -3 century C.E. “After Isidora”

Fayum Portrait tempera techniques

medieval panel painting

Trecento flesh tones
Egg tempera on gessoed panel

Didactic panel watergilding on bole layers

Didactic panel: gesso layers, bole layer, water gilding application

Didactic panel: gilded tempera panel painting; after Masaccio.

distemper project

Study of recipes and techniques.

Distemper on linen

Distemper on linen study sample.

Distemper on linen study sample.

Distemper on linen.

buon fresco projects

Roman fresco technique: didactic layers

Renaissance fresco technique

Renaissance technique: Sand coat with transferred drawing

Paint coat with didactic image

Renaissance techniques

Renaissance technique: Giornata didactic

Freso Layer Didactic

Fresco Layers Renaissance Technique: Rough Coat/ Brown Coat/ Sand Coat/ Paint Coat

sfumato

Sfumato stages,
oil on oil primed wood panel

early stage

further development

Baroque underpainting

Wood panel, chalk gesso,
imprimatura with underdrawing

Lead white highlighting over underdrawing

Addition of color over heightened areas.

Distemper on linen study sample.

baroque ground layers

Baroque double ground on sized linen:
1. red earth in oil
2. lead white in oil

Visual effectiveness of double ground on subsequent layers of paint.

baroque painting techniques

Oil on linen, double ground layers.

Oil on panel, umber oil imprimatura on wood panel.

Cochineal oil glaze over vermilion on highlighted underpainting.

Single layer glaze over highlighting.

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Oil on linen, double ground layers.

Oil on panel, umber oil imprimatura on wood panel.

Cochineal oil glaze over vermilion on highlighted underpainting.

Single layer glaze over highlighting.

problematic gesso

Too soft: weak hide glue strength.

Cracking: Hide glue too strong.

Proper gesso application.
Wood/ sizing/ thin rubbed in layer/ subsequent brushed layers/ polished layer.

gilding on parchment

17th century techniques

See video page select:

The Making of a Spanish Polychrome Sculpture

for an in-depth presentation on this technique.

Gessoed panel

Sgraffito technique after Luisa Roldan sculpture St Gines de la Jara.

Gesso application to sculpted hand

Underpaint

Polychrome painting didactic

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