Francoise nielly autobiography summary

Artist Francoise Nielly is a portrait painter who uses a knife instead of a paint brush.

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Francoise Nielly is a French artist who was born in Marseille in Francoise Nielly uses a palette knife to paint her portraits with. This technique means the famous faces have a range of textures and marks on them, almost looking like parts have been cut away to reveal other colours below. We also notice the composition, or layout, of her paintings; the faces Nielly paints are a huge scale size and the artist often uses a close-up angle to paint from.

The large, colourful and confident use of her palette knife make her paintings very dynamic, energetic and active. Click here if you want my art lessons explaining how to draw portraits! I have shared a list of portrait artists here — enjoy! Do you think she uses fast, quick motions with her knife or works slowly? Can you see where the edge of the palette knife has been put on the canvas?

Why do you think Francoise Nielly uses such bright and bold colours in her paintings of famous celebrities? In her paintings, Francoise Nielly builds her portraits with layers and layers of oil paint a bit like building a cake!

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As you look closer, you can start to see how all of the layers of paint have been slashed and scraped, allowing the colours below to show through. In her paintings of famous faces, Nielly makes use of contrasting complementary colours. When colours opposite each other on the colour wheel are placed next to each other, the brightness intensifies and makes a strong contrast.

Neilly uses fluorescent paints which glow in the dark, as well as using oil paints also helps to achieve a rich, intense finish. Have a look at the portrait painting above, Nielly has made use of both warm and cool colours to enhance the highlights and shadows of the face.