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FAT OVER LEAN [1 record]

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Record 1 1978-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastic Arts
OBS

A traditional principle of painting where there is overpainting of any sort: superimposed pigments should be richer in oil (fat) than the underlayer.

OBS

(...) it is unwise to paint over a polymer ground or a polymer underpainting with oil colors, for then the rule of "fat over lean" would be violated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts plastiques
OBS

Règle selon laquelle une couche maigre peu chargée en huile adhère mal sur une couche riche en huile.

OBS

Non seulement il n'y a plus de longs délais à respecter entre couches, mais la fameuse règle "gras sur maigre" n'existe plus.

Spanish

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