When first viewing De Kooning's Woman 4 or Andy Warhol's Silver Liz, viewers are often …show more content…
De Kooning used a process of slow alterations to achieve his final results. He would start with a drawing and extent it’s form going between drawing and painting scraping off any parts he was not satisfied with. He also used collages as reference or starting points using layers to build depth into his paintings. De Kooning also used his back in forth technique to carve the emotions he wished to express out of his two dimensional surface. These elements and techniques gave De Kooning's artwork a unfinished and dramatic appearance that has the power to unsettle viewers. Warhol used a very different set of elements, styles and techniques to create his artwork. He would find a source image, send it to a lab to enlarge and transfer to a screen, pre paint basic shapes onto his canvas, and finally print using the freshly manufactured silkscreen over his initial shapes. Warhol used layering to combine geometric softer shapes and color with organic shape and harsh lines creating clear contrast and a sense of artificialness. Warhol used his almost mechanical and detached process to create a “machine made” feel in his art removing the more human aspect of arts creation. Both of these artist critically used their resources to create impactful