Хокку

Не судите строго - я не мастер пера...

Посвящается крайне токсичному несчастному сумасшедшему.

Параноик

Тишина, параноик, щелчок -
Это ключ и замок,
Не гвоздь крышки гроба.

О неразгаданных загадках Босха и Брейгеля старшего

Рекомендую это видео тем русскоговорящим, кто интересуется трактовкой картин Босха и Брейгеля.

How to restore dried art oil paint

I want to show how I reanimated the old oil paint for later use. I was interested to restore paint, because now it is a rarity. Paint age about 50 years. I do not want to leave paint as a museum piece and I plan to use it for its intended purpose.

Breaking the tubes of paint, I was surprised - the paint was still a bit soft, like cool clay.

I chopped the paint into pieces and left it until drying. The paint has dried for several months. During this time, I sometimes broke it into smaller pieces.

When the paint is dry, I crushed it as much as possible and then ground it with mortar pestle. It was not easy to do.

I mixed the dry pigment of the paint with linseed oil and ground it with mortar pestle.

The paint came to life.

Palette knives

In childhood I did not have a palette knife. I tried to make it myself. My homemade palette knife looked like a real one, but it was useless because was made of a thick and tough metal plate. My first painting in the technique of a palette knife was painted with old blunt blade of a knife. Now I look at this painting and I think that then it turned out well.

Most often I use 3 palette knives, which are on the right in the photo. The biggest palette knife (third from left) I bought to clean the palette. Sometimes I use this spatula in work.

Sometimes they write to me that the palette knife technique is a very complex technique. Maybe yes. Everyone has his own vocation in life. I can’t say that I suffered with a palette knife in my hand. This is supreme pleasure for me - finish work and drink 30 grams of cognac (if cognac is available) to relax. Personally, it’s much harder for me to sell than to paint. Probably because I'm an artist, not a sales manager.

Packaging Wrapped Canvas Artworks

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