How To Varnish an Oil Painting || Materials, Prep, Procedures, & Safety Tips

Описание: A HOW-TO guide for varnishing an oil painting! This is an overview to the entire varnishing process. In this video, I discuss and demonstrate the materials, prep, procedures, and safety involved with varnishing an oil painting. We go through final and temporary varnishes, traditional resin based varnishes, modern-day synthetic resin varnishes, application, removal, cleaning, mixing, and spraying...oh my!

Varnishing an oil painting is a wonderful completion to the creation process. It protects and revitalizes our original colors. While the materials and processes can be very complicated and intimidating, this video is meant to remedy that and to lay the foundation for future exploration.

This video is meant for all skill levels.

Here is the chapter list...
00:00 - Introduction
01:39 - Brushes
03:22 - Personal Safety Equipment
04:14 - Cleaning An Oil Painting
05:16 - Synthetic Resin Varnishes (Overview, Application & Removal)
11:42 - Natural Resin Varnishes (Overview & Application)
14:25 - Temporary Varnishes (Re-Touch & Oil Mediums)
17:35 - Spray Varnishes (Overview & Application)
18:33 - Final Thoughts & A Note From Hermes

Enjoy and thanks for watching!


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