Translucent painting

Each striking, multi-layered painting features subjects as they dance, leap, fall, or float into the unknown.

Want to know more about translucent paint and how to make it? Read this article for more information and tips on painting with translucent paint.

Our collection of painterly textiles inspired by the female artist.

For her drawings on Mylar film, Fujinami first applies dry pigment to one side of the film to create the image. Once the image is fixed, she uses a combination of gesso, acrylic paint, charcoal, pastel, pencil and dry pigment to the reverse, creating the complex, layered images that emerge in each piece. I think of my work, on film, as a translucent mirror reflecting both the outer and inner natures of the human being. I want it to reflect both the visible face of a specific person, and the…

I think this is a great example of creating balance without making the whole composition exactly symmetrical or boring, as there are areas of both light and dark without either overwhelming the oth…

Realism is one of the hardest things to master in painting. It may seem easier than creating something fantastical or out of this world, but if you make just one mistake in realistic painting, everything will seem off.

Reeded Displacement has influences and applications across a variety of mediums, from concrete architecture detailing to displaced digital typography. This movement has a simple but distinctive visual signature, vertical lines that interact with the light or form of a subject.

Heartbroken over her husband’s infidelities, in 1929 the American modern painter Georgia O’Keeffe (1887 – 1986) sought refuge in New Mexico. The barren landscape and endless dunes comforted her, a…