underpainting
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
underpainting (countable and uncountable, plural underpaintings)
- (art) An initial layer of paint, often monochromatic, applied to a ground as a base for subsequent layers.
- 2007 May 13, Carol Kino, “Something There Is That Loves a Wall”, in New York Times[1]:
- He would start with a stenciled acrylic underpainting and finish by making marks with the chalk and charcoal shells.
- (art) A painting that the artist later painted over to create the final work.
- 2012, Leo Katz, Bad Acts and Guilty Minds: Conundrums of the Criminal Law[2]:
- At first they wouldn't believe him, but he gave them proof. X-ray the Adulteress, he told them, and you will find an underpainting. They did and found the underpainting van Meegeren had described.
Etymology 2 edit
underpaint + -ing
Verb edit
underpainting
- present participle and gerund of underpaint