Oil Painting Techniques : What is the "wet cover wet" painting method ?

The painting method of "wet cover wet" refers to the one-time completion method. The one-time painting technique is always done using a large amount of undiluted oil paint while it is wet. This method can directly blend fresh pigments into the wet color layers in the picture. Therefore, the "wet cover wet" painting method is also known as the wet painting method or wet painting method. When using this wet oil painting method, it is best to immerse the brush in paint and prepare a flexible and convenient color mixing knife. Due to the accumulation of thick wet pigments, the canvas is overloaded. If this happens, a color palette knife can be used to scrape off excess pigments. If the scraped paint is useful, you can use a scraper or brush to apply it to the appropriate position on the screen. The color harmony throughout the entire painting process is basically carried out on the canvas.

This technique requires that the oil painting reproductions colors used should not dry too quickly, and it is best to use new pigments that are squeezed directly from the tin tube. For mineral pigments with fast drying speed, slow drying agents such as mint oil can be added for use. If you use Koba resin polish to tone the color, it can improve the glossiness of the color and produce an enamel like effect.

The method of borrowing portrait oil painting pigments, which dry slowly and are easy to blend, to penetrate and blend with each other, in order to achieve extremely subtle effects has always been adopted by ancient and modern painters. In the hands of modern painters, painting while wet is more relaxed and effortless. In his early days, Manet was influenced by Spanish painting and developed the wet cover wet painting method, which involves applying mixed colors directly to the custom oil painting . Renoir first applied a thin layer of transparent and semi transparent colors on a light colored substrate, and then applied the color using a wet cover wet drawing method. Matisse uses a fast and incoherent brushstroke to lay out the original colors, making the picture strong and bright. Then, he uses a wet cover painting method to create harmonious colors in the picture.