For example, the sections of the dome with the
underdrawing of Christ is the best reproduction of this nodal, if vestigial, presence.
They are
underdrawing in very good style the roof of the nave.
Leonardo used ink made from oak galls and iron salts, which is transparent in infrared light, allowing his black chalk
underdrawing to be seen for the first time.
Caption: Otakar Valasek, "The Master," India ink, crayon, and opaque white over graphite
underdrawing (published in Chicago Herald between August 1917-April 1918).
This exhibition revealed the
underdrawing of that construction by showing us the material remnants of the process.
Netherlands Yearbook for History of Art 1990; Volume 41:
Underdrawing in Paintings of the Rogier van der Weyden and Master of Flemalle Groups (reprint, 1992)
FIELD: Yes, 1957, he makes what Tom Hess called large "abstract parkway landscape" paintings, such as "Bolton Landing." That's really the first time we see de Kooning using this full arm sweep, and there isn't really a lot of preliminary work or
underdrawing underneath those works.
This is how she shapes her self-portrait, in a somewhat hidden, mysterious way as if following, in her work, the outline of the sinopia (
underdrawing).
Speaking exclusively to the People, Fiona said: "Experts have confirmed Leonardo at least did the
underdrawing.
Katherine Crawford Luber's chapter on Durer's paintings is more a discussion of his
underdrawing practice as revealed by infrared reflectography, and where she writes that the 'study of technique, encompassing the procedures utilized and adapted by artists at every step in the production of a work of art, has been largely overlooked as a source of material for the art historian committed to the reconstruction and interpretation of the past' one wonders what the many authors of the 'Primitifs Flamands' Corpus volumes on early Netherlandish painting would say if they could, given that conservation evidence has been routinely discussed in these publications for nearly sixty years now.
Where the silk embroidery thread has worn away, the viewer is able to see the smooth lines of the
underdrawing, suggesting the deft hand of a court artist.
We began with a very light
underdrawing of contours.