overpainting
Painting over paint
Overpainting is the technique of applying new paint over an existing painted surface.
In art restoration, it refers to later additions covering original work—sometimes to repair damage, sometimes to censor or alter content.
Artists also overpaint their own canvases, reworking compositions or reusing materials: X-rays revealed an earlier portrait beneath the overpainting.
Thin lustrous coating
- impastoHeavily applied pigment technique
- layeringForming successive strata
- wet-on-wetPainting into undried layers
- gessoAbsorbent primer for canvases
primer · ground · medium · pigment · brushwork · opacity · transparency · oil
Preventing waste or loss
- retouchingPost-capture image enhancement
- inpaintingReconstructing missing image regions
- reversibilityCan be undone
- cleaningRemoving dirt and mess
varnish · conservator · museum · authenticity · ethics · damage · treatment · stabilization
Prior image resurfacing
- underdrawingInitial sketch beneath paint
- hiddenKept out of sight
- buriedPlaced beneath earth
- coveredHaving protection atop
obscured · underlying · infrared · revealed · discovered · original · composition · canvas
Assigning origin or cause
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
- fakeNot the real thing
counterfeit · detection · provenance · analysis · expert · original · hidden · signature
glaze
Thin lustrous coating
- impastoHeavily applied pigment technique
- layeringForming successive strata
- wet-on-wetPainting into undried layers
gesso · primer · ground · medium · pigment · brushwork · opacity · transparency · oil · acrylic
conservation
Preventing waste or loss
- retouchingPost-capture image enhancement
- inpaintingReconstructing missing image regions
- reversibilityCan be undone
cleaning · varnish · conservator · museum · authenticity · ethics · damage · treatment · stabilization · original
pentimento
Prior image resurfacing
- underdrawingInitial sketch beneath paint
- hiddenKept out of sight
- buriedPlaced beneath earth
covered · obscured · underlying · infrared · revealed · discovered · original · composition · canvas · detection
attribution
Assigning origin or cause
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
fake · counterfeit · detection · provenance · analysis · expert · original · hidden · signature · dating
- artfine art, Renaissance, masterpieces, Baroque, fine arts
- paintingwatercolor, oils, oil paints, watercolors, acrylics
- art techniquesdrawing, sketching, shading, blending, cross-hatching
- techniquessketching, drawing, sculpting, carving, shading
- brush techniquesdry brush, wet on wet, wet-on-wet, stippling, feathering
- painting techniquesimpasto, glazing, dry brushing, drybrush, stippling
overpaintingunderpainting
Preliminary painted foundation
base coat · gesso · first layer · priming · primer
overpaintingpaint removal
Eliminating applied coatings
stripping · uncovering · revealing · paint stripping · cleaning
paint, painting, painted, painter, unpainted, paintings, repaint, painters, repainted