Watercolor Of A Lady Painting Restoration
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- Опубліковано 3 тра 2024
- Coming up is the restoration of a fine art watercolor painting of a lady . Let's dive into the delicate, intricate process of fine art restoration on a watercolor painting.
Restorer credit: emilyoreilly.co.uk/
This is not a watercolour but a coloured lithograph print.
That explains why it can handle multiple water baths.
Lithograph prints are made with oil based inks.
yeah, i think the same
feels like they spent more time on the frame than the painting. Seems the most work was done removing the glue on the back and reframing the piece.
I wish more narration had been given about materials and techniques used, and the artist & age of the painting.
Surprised she did not wear gloves throughout.
it can actually cause more damage to use gloves with paper since you have no touch sense and end up gripping too tight or loose and causing damage. As long as the hands are clean it is better to not use gloves.
Im not sure if the painting had darkened with age and the cleaning process returned it to its original condition or the cleaning bleached out what colour was remaining either way I preferred the before condition to the after condition, and Im surprised she used tap water , its not exactly chemical free these days .
I thought that should have been distilled. Also I think the painting looks worse when finished.
I'm curious if you or anyone else here have seen a lot of conservation being done. Because the paintings often look dramatically different and brighter after conservation. Also, I have a feeling the narrator misspoke about it being tap water.
@@sharimeline3077This painting was clearly not intended to be a 'vibrant' art work. Modern eyes assume the original intention was lost.
@@daniellamcgee4251 I think you meant that comment for someone else.
Truly astounding the time and patience it takes to restore these works of art. Great work, amazing difference
Why doesn’t the water bath remove the water colour???
The before and after makes it look like some color was removed. Now it looks washed out, yellowed and damaged.
@@Richard.Sanchezagree absolutely with that assessment. The eyes are far less defined, even looking like particles had lifted.
Watercolors are made of pigment and binder... the binder is like a powder paraffin material... it's job is to transfer the pigment to the paper.. You give that pigment several years to adhere and you can dissolve all the paraffin powder material still attached to the surface... Other times the artist may have supplemented the surface of the watercolor painting with clear lacquer, latex or even egg-whites; water isn't getting through it... although you may notice that there is an apparent hydrophobic affect on the surface of the painting under water... This one didn't have that so it is just an old watercolor painting that has fully transferred it's pigment to the paper fiber.
It'd be nice if the failed artist that runs this channel would explain while they worked right?
That wasn’t so much a restoration as it was a de-restoration. If I got that back from a conservator I’d have a come-apart!
I don't know why sweetheart
There was a whole long segment of the white goop going through a strainer and getting sprayed. Like what was that? I never saw her do anything with it. If it was the adhesive for the tabs why was their so much?
It is the glue used to attach the paper strips
@@AlejandroLapeyre But then why make so much of it?
@@sharimeline3077 no idea, maybe for the next job
Goop is wheat starch. Its kind of hard to make a 'small' batch functionally, kind of like cooking for one person. You can do it, but you often end up with leftovers. When doing paper-based conservation, including books, you tend to go through a lot of it between many projects. When I did book repair, my studio made batches every week or so to share between a dozen workers.
@@TeklaFrancis Thanks for the info!
OP, get ready for the Baumgartner Restoration crew in the comments, lol
I am surprised that the color was waterfast. It must be because of it being such an old painting. All the pigments have oxidized and can no longer be dissolved into water.
The finished item looks washed out colorless and for me all thge definition has gone.
If this was a real watercolour painting, undergoing all those processes, then all that would be left is a blank sheet of paper with perhaps some stains from any staining watercolour pigment used in the painting.
I dont know if these are Julian approved techniques.
I don't recall him doing any Watercolors.
Maybe we should ask him to…?
Well , I suppose there is only so much (Restoration) that can be done to a watercolor. It's current condition is beyond Touching up. Pretty much just a cleaning and remounting .
Why didn't you lightly soak of the card board?
This is fascinating!! Thank u, i enjoy it❤
Wonderful restoration
it looks more like litographic print to me.. are you sure it's watercolor!?..
Amazing process to watch.
That's pretty cool.
this is the first time in my life I felt someone saying "XX century" legitimately as if it was ancient history.
Is not watercolor its a Chromolithe in het nederlands een steendruk dus not a Aquarel of Gouache.!
This is a very complicated way of framing a picture, but the lady herself was washed and bleached like an old sock. I do not think she was well taken care of.
Maybe because your modem eyes expect colour vibrancy. Evidently that is not what the original artist had in mind, as determined by the style, and the paper, and artwork restoration done by an internationally recognised expert.
@@daniellamcgee4251 Nope. I don't need vibrancy to value a picture, but the focus in this clip was absolutely on the frame, and not on the painting- but in my opinion she needed more care.
I don't want to invalidate the framers work, but would have liked to see an expert for the lady as well, and not only for her casing.
You are correct, keep! She applied the wrong cleaning technique to the wrong art piece. That was a lithograph or a chromograph. Wrong treatment for that type of print.
There is literally no way to restore that print unless you repaint it.
That’s what my “modern eyes” know for a fact.
nice calming video
No Japanese mulberry paper
not a fan of the voice, but the craftsmanship was great.
lol. All the armchair professional restorers in the comments.
A true master of her craft!
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You didn’t really restore it. You simply reframed it. 🙄 Plus it looks like the water bath has washed some of the colors off.
This is why this internationally recognised conservator is an expert, and you are not. Maybe learn a bit more before you judge if someone has 'really restore(d) it' , or not. Everyone thinks they know better than experts these days. 🙄
The title go this clip should be ‘how to lose contrast in an old watercolour’. Sadly, I think this painting is worse for the restoration.
Only because you have certain modern expectations of colour vibrancy, when that was not the intention of the original art work.
@@daniellamcgee4251I’m skeptical that the painting originally had less contrast than the painting did prior to the “restoration”. That doesn’t make sense.
I agree. Very sad
As a Watercolourist its really fascinating to see restoration process of a watercolour!!
I find this painting absolutely superb. The softness of the execution is the signature of a great artist. I have been painting watercolors for about 50 years, and couldn't come close to this effect.
Julian & Kitt are probably screaming at the top of their voices ------- *_'STOP'_*
Maybe you are projecting. I have no idea regarding the accuracy of the narration, but the artistan doing this restoration is an internationally recognised expert conservator who has been selected to apply her skills to UK National Trust artwork, in addition to other experience.
Just because it looks washed out to your modern eyes, it doesn’t mean that she is doing it wrong. The original artist obviously had a different intention with colour, as determined by the style and restoration.
@@daniellamcgee4251 Agreed, I think the big problem with this video isn't the lack of technique but the lacking narration, when people can't understand what's going on they automatically assume it's "wrong"
As are all their fans lol
It seems this channel attracts many expert commenters. I mean experts of the same kind as the many coaches who sit on their couch in front of the TV drinking beer while watching a major sports event and find strong words for every mistake they believe to detect.
Good job, thank you for sharing ✨✨✨👍
For the art snobs out there that puts us commoners down because we have “modern eyes”doesn’t mean we’re blind. Or because we don’t have an art degree or are artists ourselves. You’d have to be a liar to say the picture looked better after “restoration.” That was a dismal failure in every possible way. Anyone with an honest opinion knows it.
As an artist I can tell when someone is over their head. This woman was going through some learned process for the wrong print or lithograph or whatever that piece was. The more it faded it became the more she doubled down. Pathetic.
I'm sorry, but there's no way this 'restoration' has, in any way, enhanced this water colour painting. In fact, it appears to have removed a great deal of detail as an example, look at the image at 24.50. Those eyes are genuinely MISSING more detail after the 'restoration! very sad indeed.
'Colours that honour its original condition'. That is why the artisan featured in this video is an internationally recognised expert conservator, who was selected to do restoration work for the UK National Trust, and I am guessing that the same doesn't apply to you. Maybe stick to judging what you know.
Hi Josephine
This channel doesn’t always have the best restorers with the most up-to-date materials. I had an oil painting that was over cleaned and lost some of its color.
I bet you was still alive when that painting was made
They also ripped thru the inscription on the back. No care whatsoever in preserving the history and provenance
Liker nr 44
Я всё ждала когда они будут чистить лак и тем самым возвратят картине её чистый цвет. А потом восполнят утраты и покроют свежим лаком. Как обычно. А всё из-за обложки. Эх. Разочарование.😅
Но с другой стороны они по крайне мере не повредили хрупкую картину.🤔
какой лак? это акварель
Heavy breathing not a pleasant watch. Back to Baumgartner for complete explanations and good music.
Very Darth Vader 🙄
No improvement. Give this piece to the A.I. in 50-100 years and we are talking.
Fortunately, this artwork was restored by an internationally recognised expert conservator, who knew exactly what was required to return to artwork to as close as possible to its original form, and preserved for many years to come. Obviously, AI could not accomplish this task with the full range of artisan manual skills demonstrated. You, as a human were not even able to perceive improvement, and AI is unlikely to be able to assess and perform what is required of an original artwork.
@@daniellamcgee4251 The machines will laugh about fingers. I have nano robots on a microscopic scale in mind.
@@daniellamcgee4251nice misdirection. You are obviously a bot designed to protect the reputation of this conservator at all cost! Honestly though, I hope you’re ok. I don’t mean malice by my responses to you, but you do seem determined to contradict what is clearly visible to the majority of commenters in a very condescending and, frankly, snobbish manner… Not cool.
Even an ‘expert’ can make mistakes and get it wrong. I’m sure the restorer of “Ecce Homo” thought she was up to the task when she started.
Well best i can say is she did an ok job framing it😢
Maybe learn more, and you will appreciate more of this expert conservator's skill. She restored it to closer to the original artist's colour, and preserved the art work for many years to come. ✨️😀 🎉
@daniellamcgee4251 well I agree I probably don't know as much as this professional, but I disagree that the colours were anything like the original and I don't particularly like the way the art was treated. But of course this is just my personal opinion and you know what they say about opinions right? Just like ar***oles..everyone has one!
So many silly people in the comments thinking that because the restored painting looks 'washed out' to their modern eyes, they assume that it isn't what the artist originally painted, and intended. That is the problem with the increasing trend of undervaluing of experts, and non-experts thinking they know better.
It’s not that it now looks washed out as water colours are often subtle. The point is the contrast has been reduced by the restoration. If anything, if the original pigment wasn’t reduced by the process, the contrast should have increased since you would have a greater contrast between white (un-pigmented) areas and the painted areas than with the yellowed paper and the painted areas.
Just because they’re using their eyes and logic doesn’t make them “silly.” Everyone complaining have very valid points. You obviously have a vested interest in this conservator or channel. Your multiple attempts to gaslight everyone by implying they’re not cultured if they can’t see what you see is not working
Omg thats awful. The painting was destroyed
If by 'destroyed' you mean restoring the artwork to the original artist's softer, more Impressionistic colours, in keeping with the style of the art work, and then reframed it to be preserved for many more years to come, then yes! It was 'destroyed'! ✨️😀 🎉
@@daniellamcgee4251 no, I meant destroyed
Baumgardner would have never ruined this the way she did.
Who tf is Baumfartner?
This artist is an internationally recognised expert conservator. I suspect you are not. You have clearly expected the artwork to be more vibrant. Evidently, that was not the original artist's intention as determined by the style, and restoration.
@@daniellamcgee4251 Maybe he is an artist in attracting media coverage, but in his job he seems to be an artisan like thousand others. It looks like he has gathered a group of loyal fan boys and fan girls who like bullying other restorers on YT. What you call evidently, is just your arbitrary judgement of taste.
@@daniellamcgee4251 I'm sorry, I made an error - I thought you would be writing about this Baumsomeone. Regarding Mrs O’Reilly I fully agree with you.
She destroyed this painting. She should have never saturation cleaned this. Part of the yellowing was intentional. Especially in the hair and in the skin. The light blue of the shadows of her white dress are nearly completely gone now. I’m actually stunned. Had this been my property, I would have been furious! The age alone of this pigment should have been the first clue that TAP WATER(which contains trace amounts of chlorine) is a terrible thing to use! This painting should have been blot cleaned with diluted alcohol only to minimize lifting pigment. I’m actually so disappointed.
Hm, seems like you know more than this obviously skilled and trained expert.
BRUH it's not destroyed at all it looked like that originally!!
This reminds me of the story of " TheEmperors New Clothes"....
All of the crowds were amazed at his new clothes, made by the "finest craftsmen" until a young child shouted out, "The Emperor is naked!".
Everyone looked at each other and realised that indeed, the Emperor was naked....
1) This is not a watercolour but a lithograph as many have pointed out. It's also quite average by my estimation, if it were in a charity shop, nobody would buy it.
2)Yes, she used Japanese tissue paper to affix it to the frame that she made with wonderfully sharp tools and measured the frame with beautiful precision. The glue took hours to pass through the finest muslin using wooden tools from the galapogos islands.
However, this so called "art restorer" literally gave the piece multiple-multiple baths in MUNICIPAL tap water! Total charlatan!
3) That was the heavy breathing of a person who knows they are about to get away with something and starting to panic in case anybody spots their deception.
I'm only here for the comments 😂
And what art restoring education, experience and credentials do you have? Have you ever been employed by the U.K National Trust? Have you co-written a book about art conservation and art restoration? Have you ever found previously undiscovered techniques and presented your findings at an international conference of conservators? Has a university referred someone to your services? Have you ever restored 17th Century art work? Well, I know nothing of the narrator, but this conservator is considered an expert internationally, so I think your assessment is primarily only of value as entertainment for yourself, but of little relevance to people genuinely interested in art restoration.
Another disappointing video by Meagers of Craft.
It helps to learn more to fully appreciate the skill of this expert conservator. It's my opinion that narration didn't do justice to this artisan.