Usage Note
Untermalung is a preparatory layer of paint establishing the tonal composition before the finished colour layers are applied. Grisaille-Untermalungen use grey tones only.
Examples
"Die Untermalung in Brauntönen gibt dem Gemälde eine warme Leuchtkraft."
Natural Translation
The underpainting in brown tones gives the painting a warm luminosity.
Literal Translation
The underpainting in brown-tones gives the painting a warm luminous-power.
Related Words
- Abguss cast, casting (plaster or metal replica of a sculpture)
- Abstraktion abstraction (non-representational art)
- Acrylfarbe acrylic paint
- Akanthus acanthus (decorative leaf motif)
- Akt nude
- Aktmalerei nude painting; figure painting
- Aktmodell life model; nude model (for drawing or painting)
- Aktzeichnung life drawing, figure drawing (of the nude)
Explore German by topic
