Painting Best Practices | kiyotee | Favorites https://paintingbestpractices.com/members/kiyotee/activity/favorites/ Activity feed of kiyotee's saved posts. Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:53:24 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.20.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 7d43b19b3179758085e132881d764aa7 George replied to the discussion Historical paint making practices in the forum Oil Paint https://10cd20aa9b.nxcli.io/groups/oil-paint/forum/discussions/historical-paint-making-practices/#post-6899 Sat, 10 Apr 2021 22:38:18 -0700 Reply to Historical paint making practices

There is no literary information about the painting-making practices of Van Eyck, but we can infer a great deal based on what conservation scientists find in his paintings and those of his contemporaries. We cover some of this information in the Painting Best Practices webinar.

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Lessons Learned from the 17th to 19th Centuries

In this first lesson of our course on Sinking In, Oiling Out, and Retouching Varnish, we review some historic abuses of each process made during…

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A Rational Approach to Color Palettes

The palette is one of the most important tools in the history of oil painting. Yet its effect is one of the least studied aspects…

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Irregular Paint Gloss: Solving Uneven Sheen in Artworks

Irregular paint gloss results in patchy gloss after the varnish is applied. How to fix this on an existing painting and how to avoid it is considered in this article.

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