Cover up and mask technique
Expressive Drawing 2.1 "Above and Below" - Graphite and gesso on paper - $300
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I am really trying to get the hang of this cover up technique. I see art that uses it and I really like the idea that there is a hint of something that was lost and covered up in a painting. “What can it be?” “Why was it covered?” These are some of the questions that are asked when things are covered up as you paint.
It adds depth – not just physical depth, but an emotional depth to a piece.
I can talk about it, but it is difficult to cover something up that I have put into the painting. It isn’t like you cover up a mistake. It is something good, but it is just less essential to the art you are working on right now.
The following three paintings are designed to help me learn how to cover things up. I think I was successively more successful.
