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Jackson Pollock: Methods and Materials

By Susan Lake, Eugena Ordonez and Michael Schilling

Type
Article
Level
Intermediate
Price
Free
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About this lesson

Based on a conservation study, it traces how Pollock moved from brushed tube oils to dripping and pouring oil-modified alkyd house paints with sticks and stiffened brushes onto canvas laid on the floor, alternating dried layers with wet-in-wet passes where colours bleed together.