Some overpainting was removed, in particular, extra hair. From Wordnik.com. [Cracking the Shakespeare Code - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
There is a lot of overpainting and faded paint on the exposure. From Wordnik.com. [Zuni Rock Art Blogging 3] Reference
I oiled up the sky with Liquin to make it more receptive to overpainting. From Wordnik.com. [Rhinebeck Paint Out] Reference
“I could do more, but it would just be overpainting and it would get mucked up and ruined.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Wayward Muse] Reference
Black ironwork, rusty in spots, with wooden slats to sit on, uneven from years of sloppy overpainting. From Wordnik.com. [Edge] Reference
They resemble screenprints, but actually each color is hand-painted separately with no overpainting at all. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
Another Noland, which Ms. Ausema has been working on for two years, has overpainting that shows and probably always will. From Wordnik.com. [Appraising and Preserving a Master] Reference
The grey overpainting brings the viewer to the "now" which glimmers with fl ecks of the colorful past shown in the underpainting. From Wordnik.com. [Art from Weaving Women's Words: Baltimore Stories] Reference
The palette was a small oblong, not needed any larger because he used most colours straight from the tube and got his effects by overpainting. From Wordnik.com. [In The Frame]
You are well known for painting and overpainting over a long period before something is completed, but there seems a greater simplicity in the new work. From Wordnik.com. [Howard Hodgkin: 'I do lose heart, I always have'] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Cracking the Shakespeare Code - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
Watkins lovingly pans across the surfaces of Munch's paintings, lingering on the scratched-out areas and dense layers of overpainting that indicate Munch's obsessive, often violent process of creation. From Wordnik.com. [Films I Love #6: Edvard Munch (Peter Watkins, 1974)] Reference
He is normally the scourge of art restoration projects, particularly attempts to strip old varnish, believing that precious original detail added by the artists, in overpainting or coloured glazes, is usually lost in the process. From Wordnik.com. [Leonardo da Vinci's Virgin of the Rocks restored to original purity] Reference
Gradually throughout the spring, more and more of the original painting emerged from test areas that had been cleaned to determine if the original painting had surviverd at all; it was discovered to be pretty much intact under all that calcium overpainting. From Wordnik.com. [DesignerBlog] Reference
Aurora's paintings give a clear hint of what Rushdie is up to in this, his own "Palimpstine" project: not overpainting India in the sense of blotting it out with a fantasy alternative, but laying an alternative, promised-land text or texturation over it like gauze. From Wordnik.com. [Palimpsest Regained] Reference
Taking inspiration from artists working in other media will also improve software, Graham writes, comparing open-source development to painting with oils, a flexible medium that allows for reworking and overpainting, as opposed to the more fixed and rigid nature of tempera paints. From Wordnik.com. [Embracing the Art of Hacking] 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
Pinturicchio and have been injured by overpainting. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner] Reference
In 1988 the overpainting was removed to reveal a lower hairline. From Wordnik.com. [Top stories from Times Online] Reference
Restorations, another fatal word, is usually a euphemism for overpainting. From Wordnik.com. [Promenades of an Impressionist] Reference
Head and shoulders were life size, and it was evident from a certain overpainting in the work that the artist had striven with some difficulty for a likeness. From Wordnik.com. [Flowers for the Judge]
The rabbit paintings are characterized by overpainting, in which the artist applies layer after layer of pigment and lets the layers show through here and there. From Wordnik.com. [Broward-Palm Beach New Times | Complete Issue] Reference
Biro said that he was using a scalpel to scrape away a previous restorer's excessive overpainting, in an attempt to discern more of the fingerprint's characteristics. From Wordnik.com. [GoodShit] Reference
Look closely at the tabard he wears and you can just make out the Habsburg Eagle, beginning to show through the overpainting after 400 years, now that it is safe to tell the truth again. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
Peter Greenaway finally secured permission to reinvent the crumbling, 510-year-old masterpiece as a sound and light show, "reports talks with the filmmaker for the Guardian in a terrific audio supplement; also, a Elisabetta Povoledo was among a" select few "to witness the multimedia performance:" Obscure details lost to time, overpainting and subsequent restorations were brought to the fore. From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily] Reference
I’m sure there will be a book on the whole investigation, with x-rays, etc., but it would be nice to know if there was any overpainting. From Wordnik.com. [Cracking the Shakespeare Code - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
Others, such as, sadly, Starbuck’s head and face, suffer from areas of imprecise painting, overpainting (” painting outside the lines”), and general unevenness. From Wordnik.com. [Collectible Review: Little Frakkin’ Colonials Starbuck | Fandomania] Reference
There’s no overpainting to be seen!. From Wordnik.com. [Collectible Review: Heroes of DC Aquaman Bust | Fandomania] Reference
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