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Staff Blog≫ Painting & Drawing (March 31st, 2014)

Today, we introduce the so-called “Tecnica dello Spolvero” (Pouncing) an art technique used for transferring an image from one surface to another.
This student is spreading with a brush a coffee-colored powder on the sketching paper, which has been previously punched with holes. By doing so, the pigment gets spread out creating a sketch on the canvas.
The student has prepared the sketch in advance, tracing along the image outlines by creating pricked marks on the sheet, with a punch/needle. By connecting the transferred pigment dots on the canvas, you can see the image emerging little by little. So, it is really important to think carefully where to prick the paper sheet.


Painting & Drawing (March 31st, 2014)

The student is pricking small marks on the sketching sheet. Through them, he transfers the pigment on the canvas by using a brush.


Painting & Drawing (March 31st, 2014)

This is the pure pigment powder: this time we are using a dark-brown tonality.


Painting & Drawing (March 31st, 2014)

After having checked that all dots have being transferred uniformily of the canvas surface, we remove the sketching paper.


Painting & Drawing (March 31st, 2014)

The image has been completely transferred on the canvas.


Painting & Drawing (March 31st, 2014)

Having a closer look, you can see the dots connected with a pencil trait.


Painting & Drawing (March 31st, 2014)

On the left, a finished work realized with the same techinque.


Painting & Drawing (March 31st, 2014)

The student starts drawing on canvas.


Painting & Drawing (March 31st, 2014)

He uses a very limited number of colors.


Painting & Drawing (March 31st, 2014)

He is going to represent the image only through lights and shadows. It’s a challenging task!


 

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