The technique consists of applying paint or pigment to the underside of a glass plate then applying a million volts of electricity generated from a Tesla coil to disperse the paint into randomly generated patterns.
Inevitably, these led to the fishnet effect produced by applying pigment with coarse-weave fabric that became the distinguishing feature of his art.
Sometimes he used many very thin coats of paint, sometimes he applied very little pigment to make sure the light of the plaster would shine through.
True fresco is the technique of applying fresh pigment to wet plaster.
Seurat developed a method of applying pure pigment to his canvas in individual dots asserting that, when placed in close proximity, the colors would be perceived as a luminous mixture.
Namuth's passion for photographing creative people started in 1950 with his landmark series of 500 images of Jackson Pollock in the act of applying pigment.
The artist might sketch an outline of their subject prior to applying pigment to the surface.
This phenomenon is, among others, used when creating moldings, which are a means of applying light- and dark-shaded stripes to a structure or object without having to change the material or apply pigment.
The oldest known examples were created by incising a flat surface with a rigid tool rather than applying pigment with a secondary object, e.g., Chinese jiaguwen carved into turtle shells.
Painting : the process of applying pigment, held in a vehicle and applied to the surface in colour.