Tibetan face Painting

There is a close relationship between the ground preparation and the technique of applying the color. The methods used for the primer, now spread over a light and flexible ground preparation, were perfected, priming and preparation became a single layer, greasy and colored, based on gypsum, boiled linseed oil and pigment (the so-called mestica); the sketch, which, shining through the color, guided the painting and acted as a background and became a central moment in the executive process. The desire to exploit the characteristic transparency of oil colors led in the Sixteenth Century to the use of colored primers and in the Seventeenth Century to the affirmation of very dark preparations, in red or brown. It was in fact found that certain colors, such as blue, green or white, acquired greater power and splendor when applied on a reddish layer (which, however, over time, tends to absorb half-tones and reinforce shadows, exasperating the tonal contrasts of the painting).

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:15.7 W x 19.7 H x 0.6 D in

Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.