overˈpainting, vbl. n.
[over- 8 b.]
The action of the verb overpaint (sense 1); a layer of paint applied over another.
| 1928 Daily Express 20 Dec. 1/3 The explanation of the over-painting is simple. The sitter..decided to have his sheriff's robes painted over the clothes in Holbein's picture. 1935 E. Neuhaus tr. Doerner's Materials of Artist iv. 203 The overpainting must be applied somewhat more liquidly—at least in the first layer—than the underpainting. 1954 M. Rickert Painting in Brit.: Middle Ages i. 23 The overpainting in thick white and yellow pigment. 1958 tr. K. Herberts's Artists' Techniques 140 Overpainting must be done with great care, since the lower layers of paint remain effaceable. 1973 Guardian 16 Mar. 26/1 Restoration..has removed the overpainting which had made the picture look unnaturally flat. |