Soft Paintings - The Soft Art Technique

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Soft Paintings The Soft Art Technique
The special effects achieved with Soft Paintings are obtained using multidimensional harmony. A relatively new technique developed in Israel by local artists, has brought about a breakthrough in the process of creating original art. Soft Paintings in the Soft Art technique are created exclusively by Arntovas talented artists.

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Soft Paintings - The Soft Art Technique

In the soft painting technique the artist uses synthetic acrylic fibers in a wide variety of shades (substituting the familiar oil or water based colors which artists use in a standard painting). For the purpose of rendering the image the artist makes shapes using these fibers, pieces of synthetic felt or burlap and colorful acrylic strings of different thicknesses, thus effectively painting with these materials to create their ideas. Replacing the painters brush the artist uses a needle to fasten the materials to the canvas which is either synthetic felt or burlap. The artist starts with a single needle and paints his work, using strings instead of the pencil, and fibers instead of colors.

Beit Nekofa
1 Hasahked St. Tel: 02-5335996 Fax: 02-5335997 Cell: 054-2018888 When the painting becomes thick with the layers of fiber the artist uses a special punch with a hundred needles to work the fiber in and this allows for complex shading of layer upon layer of fiber where color is achieved through the various shading and layering of the different colored fibers. The beauty of this technique is that at any time prior to finalizing their creation the artist can easily remove these fibers and continue working, without any waste of materials. After the artist completes their work the canvas is backed with an industrial felt and placed in an press with 14,000 needles which completely compresses the work and pushes all of the fibers and materials into the fabric making an endurable and unique piece which is one of a kind. The special effects achieved with this unique technique are based in the creative process and the combination of layers of materials; the creation of new shades, transparencies, and forms which can not be achieved in any traditional method of painting. Because these works are all done free hand by the artist each work is an Original.

Jerusalem
Jewish Quarter The Old City Tel: 02-6223442
Graphic designer | ShmulikNeto | 0526650960

Tel Aviv-Jaffa
1 Mazal Tale St. Old Jaffa Tel/Fax: 03-5180674

Caesarea Port
Port Tower Tel/Fax: 04-6263337

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