A great colourist, his canvases became almost monochrome, dominated by blacks and browns.
他是一名伟大的色彩画家,可他的油画几乎从此变成了单色,以黑色和棕色为主。
艺术巨作揭秘
Basquiat was a master colourist and would use oil stick with spray paint, crayons and acrylics, undiluted primary colours layered in rapid succession — and he would build his figures up by reinforcing and overdrawing every line and form.
In comics, a colorist is responsible for adding color to black-and-white line art. For most of the 20th century this was done using brushes and dyes which were then used as guides to produce the printing plates. Since the late 20th century it is most often done using digital media, with printing separations produced electronically.