Posted
on August 2, 2016
I
have never heard of an artist doing a scrape-off-paint painting.
I
mean, clearly, you brush ON paint, right?
Well,
Mark Tansey creates paintings in a very unique way: he applies a
layer of monochrome (one-color) paint on a canvas, and then he alters
the paint by, for example, scraping off the paint to create lighter
and white areas—but all of the changes must happen before the paint
becomes too dry to alter. In other words, he has six hours to work on
the area he painted.
This
makes his work a bit like a fresco painted during the Renaissance –
fresco painters applied paint to wet lime plaster before it dried and
locked in the colors.
Because
of the six-hour window Tansey's method features, he paints in
segments that can be finished in that time frame.
By
the way, Tansey feels that paintings have to be different than
reality – or why not just use photography? He's known for illogical
or humorous paintings; he wants people to think about what they are
seeing.
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| White on White (Eskimos and Arabs dealing with a snow/sand storm) |
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| Forward Retreat |
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| Action Painting |
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| Action Painting II |
Try
scrape-off painting!
Finger painting is a bit like Tansey's scrape-off style. Of course, finger painting isn't only done with fingers; you can use a stylus or a comb or a piece of cardboard or a wooden block to wipe some of the paint away.
As
a birthday tribute to Tansey, experiment by creating a layer of
paint, and then forming a picture by wiping or scraping away some of
that paint.
Finger
Painting, How-to
I
used to use liquid laundry starch and dry tempera powders to make
finger paint, but you can also use specially-made commercial finger
paints or any liquid poster or tempera paint. If you want to get
really fancy, you can make your own finger paint (this
involves boiling water, so no little kiddos on the making-paint
part!).
Some
adults do high-level art via finger painting! Check out this work by
Zaria Forman:
Not
all finger painting is monochromatic:
Here
are some more finger painting ideas.
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