This course provides artists with practical and safer methods to clean their own paintings than what is currently practiced by artists. The cleaning methods demonstrated in this course apply specifically to oil paintings, but the techniques and materials can also be used with additional precautions on gouache and tempera paintings.
In the webinar we examine the causes of sinking. We discuss the common practice of “oiling out” (or sometimes “oiling in”), and its disadvantages. The webinar presents the best practices to correct irregular sheen, how to select and apply varnish, and get the best results in your art.
Western art has had no greater influence than that of the Old Masters. We admire their luminous and harmonious colors. Where did the colors come from? How did they achieve the glowing pictures we admire so well? George O'Hanlon, technical director of Natural Pigments, will show us the origin of the pigments and how the Old Masters used them in their masterpieces.
Painting Best Practices Webinar shows why paintings fail and recommend best supports, grounds and techniques so you can make technically-sound paintings.
For over a hundred years, most causes of paint failures have been studied: humidity, temperature and paint embrittlement. The symptoms were obvious—cracking, delaminating and paint loss—but the causes were not. This course explores the primary causes of failures in paintings.
In this Studio Tips we show you how to prepare panels for the painting the right way. We show how to apply traditional chalk ground on wood, an oil ground on wood and an alkyd ground on aluminum composite material (ACM) panel.
In this Studio Tips we discuss the best practices for choosing the right varnish for your painting. We show you the best methods of applying varnish and how to avoid defects commonly encountered in its application.
This course will help you to evaluate wood as a support suitable for painting. Evaluating wood for painting begins by exploring wood itself. Lessons focus on the basic anatomical structure of wood, and relevant physical properties with particular attention to atmospheric humidity and resulting dimensional changes. After taking this course you will be able to select the best support for your artwork.
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