Artist-at-Work Demonstration: Painting Lifelike Sculpture
Location:
The Getty Center
1200 Getty Center Drive
Los Angeles, California 90049
When: December 1, 2009
Starts at: 12:00 AM
This is not an all day event
Description:
Join artist Sylvana Barrett as she brings sculpture to life with Baroque polychrome painting techniques including oil painting and estofado, the elegant and elaborate gilding decoration used in 17th-century Spain. Complements the exhibition La Roldana's Saint Ginés: The Making of a Polychrome Sculpture.
1–2 p.m. Estofado: gold gilding, paint, and surface decoration
2–3 p.m. Polychrome oil painting: size, gesso, and paint layers.
Times: 1 pm, 2 pm
Location: Museum Studios, Getty Center
