First, an underdrawing is block-printed onto the fabric to guide the shape and placement of the design elements. From Wordnik.com. [The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe] Reference
All the authorities have by now come around to his conclusion, Mr. Seracini says, yet the curators of Florence's Uffizi Gallery, where the painting hangs, have added no mention of the discovery to the information that visitors see; nor have they chosen to display images of the "underdrawing" by Leonardo that Mr. Seracini's analysis revealed. From Wordnik.com. [An Engineer Takes On the Art Experts] Reference
Or how much of a preliminary underdrawing he does. From Wordnik.com. [Midday Near Moscow] Reference
In this case, Fig. 6a an underdrawing is made using charcoal on a white ground. From Wordnik.com. [Whitewashing the Temperature Record « Climate Audit] Reference
The image, Fig. 6c, of the underdrawing can be seen clearly in the infrared display. From Wordnik.com. [Whitewashing the Temperature Record « Climate Audit] Reference
Infrared examination showed a superb metalpoint underdrawing that everyone agrees is by Raphael. From Wordnik.com. [Discovering Art's Authenticity] Reference
And I did in fact start a toon--but then once I finished the underdrawing I decided I didn't like it enough to post it. From Wordnik.com. [The WritingYA Weblog: Toon Thursday: Behind the Scenes] Reference
Some of the teachers and students believe in "finding" the drawing with paint rather than doing a tight charcoal/graphite underdrawing. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-05-01] Reference
He looked too old, too spare, his face a boxy outline, an underdrawing of the original likeness, the fleshed-out and tinted-in Bronzini. From Wordnik.com. [Underworld] Reference
As for the underdrawing, Kautzky says do it lightly in pencil first an H or 2H might help Kautzky probably just did the bigger shapes then continued thinking "drawing" as he rendered. From Wordnik.com. [Midday Near Moscow] Reference
I would imagine that an underdrawing with the shadows indicated would be helpful, even with a mid-tone painted over it, as it would probably still be somehow visible through the paint layer. From Wordnik.com. [Solomon J. Solomon] Reference
The cartoons consist of colors placed over charcoal underdrawing on paper; they were subsequently cut into strips for use in Pieter van Aelst's Brussels atelier, where the tapestries were woven. From Wordnik.com. [Woven into the Fabric of the Church] Reference
This could be any portrait painter at the easel; indeed the painterly process from charcoal underdrawing to claggy conclusion is the least interesting part of the book, partly because how they are made is so evident in the paintings. From Wordnik.com. [Man with a Blue Scarf: On Sitting for a Portrait by Lucian Freud, by Martin Gayford] Reference
I'm not championing Sargent's direct painting method over any other approach; say, a more procedural technique like developing a refined underdrawing, then underpainting in dead color, then overpainting and glazing -- the sort of method you are known to use -- I'm just pointing out a dividing line exists between the two different ways to paint. From Wordnik.com. [Sargent’s Painting Notes] Reference
Malan begins with an underdrawing and puts down the initial colors mixed with Turpenoid. From Wordnik.com. [American Artist] Reference
But infrared reflectograms revealed subtle differences between the underdrawing and the finished painting. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
But Dr Penny thought it warranted a closer look - and infrared reflectograms revealed an underdrawing bearing all the hallmarks of. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard - Home] Reference
Evidence found in the imagery and the underdrawing, the sketch beneath the painting, has led him to conclude that Michelangelo painted it in 1506, two years before he began work on the Sistine ceiling. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Lawrence began by writing the captions, drawn from his research at the New York Public Library's Schomburg Collection; he then made a pencil underdrawing on each hardboard panel and added the casein tempera colors last. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
Paints with low hiding power are valued because they allow an underdrawing or engraving to show in the image, and because colors can be mixed visually by layering paints on the paper (which itself may be either white or tinted). From Wordnik.com. [WarCry Network : Latest News] Reference
Vince teaches fundamentals - how to use an underdrawing before you start your painting, how to use brushstrokes to create different effects, how to create shading and shadows using cross-hatching and other techniques and how to use both cool and warm colors. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com News] Reference
At the "bluebook" meeting held at the initiation of every sequence of the film, each scene is analyzed in the company of the Director, Scene Planner, Special Effects Supervisor, and Layout representatives, to establish a game plan including how Layout should set the scene up. effects, as well as a blueprint or underdrawing, to be rendered in color by the. From Wordnik.com. [Netvouz - new bookmarks] Reference
In fact, Mr. Roy told me, the argument that it's an autograph Raphael has relatively little to do with science, but relies mostly on good, old-fashioned connoisseurship: "The existing image is so beautifully painted that, if it's not by Raphael, then you need to come up with the name of another, hitherto unknown painter who would be capable -- and have the opportunity -- of making such a beautiful painting on top of an underdrawing that is definitely by Raphael.". From Wordnik.com. [Discovering Art's Authenticity] Reference
The Times said Chapman explained a Michelangelo underdrawing to schoolchildren last week by saying: "You would have had to be with Michelangelo in his studio to see that drawing. From Wordnik.com. [Lead Stories from AOL] Reference
27 of the Douglass series, the large central figure (a sculpture personifying democracy or war -- its identity is unclear) is sketchily painted, the pencil underdrawing still dominant. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
7. Pencil underdrawing?. From Wordnik.com. [Abe in Two] Reference
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