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Lesson 7: Painting terms in action- Art Terms in Action: Turpentine Burn
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Art Terms in Action: Turpentine Burn
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- I don't understand what the purpose of this is. Is it just for something different?(9 votes)
- Just as Photoshop is a tool used to transform ordinary images into new and unique creations, abstract expressionists (and artists in general) use different tools, liquids, and mediums to transform their paint into new and unique creations.(27 votes)
- Usually, How much could that modern art piece showed in the video cost?(4 votes)
- Which painting are you talking about? The very last one shown was by Mark Rothko, who has had paintings sell for upwards of $87 million. So in his case, it would sell for quite a lot.(5 votes)
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- why do they call it a Turpentine Burn?(6 votes)
- Turpentine is an irritant - if you every get any on your hands you'll probably feel an unpleasant itchy burning sensation! Although I can't explain the chemical reaction happening there, I imagine that the name 'Turpentine Burn' is related to this property. The solvent is irritating/'burning' through the already applied paint.(2 votes)
- this is the shortest video on the website(3 votes)
- Does turpentine rubbed on acrylic paint dissolve or 'burn' the same as a canvas with oil paint?(3 votes)
- Well, not exactly the same because the oil paint is... well, oily; but essentially it does burn it as with acrylic paint.(1 vote)
- How do you keep the oil from spreading to other parts of the canvas after the paint dries ??(2 votes)
- Do you mean the oil in "oil paint"? That dries along with other wet components of the paint. Oil paints take a long time to dry because of this. If you mean the turpentine, which is the solvent here, most solvents dry very quickly, within a matter of moments.(2 votes)
- Why is this technique called a "burn?"(2 votes)
- The technique is called a Burn because adding the solvent that you scrub the painting and blending it together.(1 vote)
- why would you want to remove paint?(1 vote)
- Well, perhaps the painter made a mistake and want to make it appear less on the canvas. But sometimes the painter will choose to make the paint softer and lighter in order to paint the feeling he/she is trying to convey.(1 vote)
- I thought they did that burned effect with scraping of some of the paint with a wet towel (water) when its at a half stage of drying or that they either just did it with their brushes.(1 vote)
Video transcript
Male: A turpentine burn is when turpentine or any kind of solvent
is applied to the canvas with a rag so that essentially
the painter is scrubbing the surface, redissolving those paints that are on the surface.