Article · Joan Mitchell Foundation

Materials and Practice

Type: Article
Level: Intermediate
Price: Free

About this lesson

Explains how Mitchell actually worked across her career: oil on canvas without an easel, starting from thin linear drawing in blue, brown or grey, building layers cumulatively rather than scraping, mixing buttery strokes, thin veils and hatching, later adding thrown and dripped paint, and joining canvases into multi-panel works.