Still reading my Art History books this summer. Found a new word. I had to research. Funny, when your self taught in mixed media; one has to absorb more information to decipher, code, and retain information.
Okay, my new word is "Painterly". Seems made up, but it is a word and has a meaning that relates to all mixed media artist.
According to About.com (June, 2016),
The above patinging has brush strokes that literally stand out and give depth and reality to the painting. This painting is Vince Van Gogh's Landscape with carriage and Train
Definition of Painterly
The term painterly is used to describe a painting done in a style that embraces, shows, and celebrates the paint medium that it is created in (be it oil paint, acrylics, pastels, gouache, watercolor, etc.), rather than a style that tries to hide the act of creation. It is a loose and expressive approach to the process of painting in which the brushstrokes are visible, rather than one that is controlled and rational, and tries to hide the brushstrokes.
Paint can be thin and still be applied in a painterly way. Painterly means that the style or approach does not try to hide the fact that a brush or knife was used to create the artwork, and that celebrates the paint or art material itself (the surface of a sculpture might even be said to be painterly if the carved or modeled marks resemble brushstrokes or are visible.)
According to the Tate Gallery's Glossary (2016), the term painterly "carries the implication that the artist is reveling in the manipulation of the oil paint itself and making the fullest use of its sensuous properties.
As stated earlier, a painterly style clearly shows the brushstrokes and the energy of the gesture that went in to making those brush marks. A mixed media Artist, can use a combination of Impasto and Painterly to express their styles.
An example of a Painterly style is:
Here in this painting you see the brush strokes (painterly) and texture "impasto"
Look at the platoon of men on zoom you can see the brush strokes.
This Portrait called Rosina by John Singer Sargent shows his style of doing "Painterly" paintings. The brush strokes are apparent. His style also included drawing and underpainting, and layering. He relied in the proper placement of tones of paint.
here is my attempt at "Painterly and Impasto"...can you see the brush strokes and texture?
References:
Tate Gallery -www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary
--John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925) Johnsingersargent.org
-http://painting.about.com/od/artglossaryp/g/defpainterly.htm--About.com
So All, we have two new words and mixed media techniques this summer, I am still reading will have another word for you real soon. E.L.
