Hello to all, Thank you for being here! If you enjoyed the video, please take a look on the channel, there are a lot of videos that you might enjoy as well. www.youtube.com/@art-conservation Thank you
You do Great work. I am looking forward to the Series. Adjust your light so that it does not glare off of the Canvas. Your language and English pronunciation are just fine.
Looks good Eduardo...I think a modular series format is a good idea given all the science and techniques involved in your craft... The fact that you are trusted with a 17th century Catholic painting confirms for me that your work will remain in high demand in the industry... Don
I like both kinds of your videos - long format and short. I like them for different reasons. For some reason I really enjoy watching you cleaning paintings and removing varnish. Please do more of those LOL! And don’t worry about your English - it’s much better than my…Dutch? Italian? Whatever - I can’t speak any other languages! You do a great job.
Thank you for your lovely comment, I appreciate it. And thank you for letting me know, about your preferences for videos. I love the cleaning and removing process too. In this series, I am following a chronological progression of the work. I already have public, 2 episodes of this series, this one, and the 2nd part th-cam.com/video/H-PkwSOBPdQ/w-d-xo.html , in the chronological progression, the next episode will be the working frame construction and the new lining application. But after I want to make an episode about the cleaning and the varnish removal, and I will be thinking about you, and in several more that I presume, also love the cleaning and the varnish removal. So keep an eye on the channel.
Ooh!! I'm only at the start of your video, but the format you're using for this one sounds GREAT! I look forward to hearing your thoughts and intentions as you go along through the conservation. Please don't worry about English "failing," because you are excellent at making yourself understood. If you ever get to a subject where English does not seem to have the right words, please consider using your language to explain; it is sometimes possible for English-speakers to understand the meaning in germanic and romantic languages, even without speaking the language.
wow, that's wonderful feedback, thank you so much, for giving me this positive insight, and encouraging me to speak Inglish freely, even if some errors sometimes occur. It is a very good idea when I don't find the word in English to use more Latin, romantic, or Germanic terms, also I think can be interesting too. Thank you once again.
@@Figueiredoartconservation I agree with this commenter on all points. This is my first video of yours that I have watched, but I understood you very well! I think it is easy and normal for most people to underestimate their abilities, but in my experience it means that one acknowledges learning and gaining experience is life long. I also agree that if you feel like you are really struggling for the right English term, feel free to use the worlds you DO know even if it’s a Germanic, Latin, or Romance language term. I have found that I know a lot more than I think I do, and while I cannot speak or understand most of the language there are certain terms and phrases that are so poignant and powerful that it comes across as understandable to me. Romance languages I think tend to be a little more pervasive thanks to the spread of the Spanish languages, but many languages’s word history can be traced back to Germanic, Latin, or Romance language usage. In English, we have a whole school of science about this and it’s called “word etymology”, ie the origin of words, and many roots, suffixes, prefixes, etc for us come from Latin and greek. In fact, the word etymology is itself a greek word (just not in the Greek script.) English really has borrowed from so many languages, that’s why it can be hard to learn, and why “rules”, pronunciation, and spellings are inconsistent. We have so many ways to say the same thing! So if you don’t think you don’t have the right word, you likely know another that we can understand Anyway, I look forward to watching more of your videos. Keep up the good work sir!
@@rachelann9362 Hi Rachel, I am now working on my computer and I got a notification about your comment, What a lovely comment you gave me thank you so much, you almost made me cry. You know, recently I didn't have an easy time, and has been some time since I don't post, but I am exactly now working on a new video... And your comment just gave me so much warmth in my heart, Thank you so much. Thanks for watching, and I hope you enjoy the channel.
Really, really hoping that the glue test works! Do you have to use a particular type of the mulberry paper to make sure that not too much glue and not too little glue gets through to the paint? Does that paper exist in coarse or fine grades, even? This is an exciting format. You're letting us (viewers) experience some of the uncertainties that you must face during your work. Thank you!
It is necessary to use paper a bit heavier than normal, this one I am using has a high density of rice fibers too, which give some resistance to the paper, there are several kinds of tissue paper, from very fine (that can be used a lot of times to face the painting) to more resistant, but in this case, I am using one a bit heavier. and in fact, every painting is different, so what works for this one, may not work for that one, as a restorer, testing is a constant, to guarantee the good life of the painting.
I love this, Eduardo and I think this style of presentation is just perfect for you. I had heard of chiaroscuro before, never really understood it but now I do. You are such a great teacher. The filming is just right, the raking light showed the lifting paint and holes, I felt like I was sitting next to you. Your English is wonderful and I think it's better than mine (and that's the only language I can speak!). I look forward to the next video and being able to sit with you as you work on this gorgeous piece of art. Thank you.
Thank you, Vickie, I am so glad you enjoyed it, and the other comments, are very favorable too, to this new format. I also felt very well, presenting the painting in a more free way, not trying to be as much perfect as possible. So I will try to get more experience in making my next videos this way and to try to be more confident in front of the camera. This is a very special painting, not only because is very old and valuable, but because it is an interesting painted subject, explored by several other painters, and I will try to explore that more ahead when I am on the stage of the cleaning and retouching. I think it will be interesting, to explore several nuances, related to this painting. Always thank you, for your support, Thank you
That frame is in pretty rough shape. Maybe the little hole on the side you pointed out is woodworm or some other insect infestation. When you're going over a painting, photographing it, can you see areas that have been restored before? A couple areas on the painting look a little ham-fistedly done compared to other areas or maybe it's just the oil paint in the process of leaving the canvas. For a painting with this subject matter - where might it have been created for. I'm looking forward to seeing the background mysteries.
That hole on the frame is not caused by insects. But the stretching frame where the canvas is nailed is. In fact in a later video you are going to watch me applying a product to treat that problem, on nthe stretching frame. When I fotograf, sometimes I can detect, but to be sure, I always use UV light, because retouching and varnish reveal better with UV. I make the fotografs so I can keep records of the damages, or special references for future retouching, and basically to have a reference of the state the painting arrived to me. I think, maybe is because the painting is flaking, because the painting is very uniform in the way it is painted, very nicely done. That is a very good question, but I am not sure for whom was this painting painted, but was probably for a private collection, due to its dimension. In future episodes, I plan to explain some points about this painting and its theme, because it is a very recurring theme, and several painters painted it.
Mooonie this is an answer to a comment you made on the video with the 2th part of this project, because of a copyright music i used, I will have to delete the video and reedit it. I am not sure if you get the answer i wrote on your comment on that video, once I delete it. Thank you very much, that is great feedback you are giving me, really appreciate it. Yes, I totally understand, today we do have several nice resources if we choose carefully. In fact, we don't need to go 20 or 40 years in the past to have an idea, of how different things were. I imagine when you had that painting, you wanted to turn it into a better state, but you didn't know exactly how to do it... I know that sense of impotence when we need to make something but are not sure where to start. Mooonie, I am having a problem with this video, because I used a piece of music that is copyrighted. I will have to delete this video and I will republish it with new ediction with other music tomorrow,
@@Figueiredoartconservation I always thought with restorations there was a delicate balance you had to maintain. Some antiques I restored, mainly old clocks and some wood furniture, there was damage/age that needed to be left alone because it helped tell the story of whatever it was. The every day damage was earned the honest way? Like an old face deserving its lines.....
Love what you do, can't wait to see the end and see how the light/dark differences compare to Caravaggio...he's one of my favorite "bad" boys!!! I l really like your program, just keep doing it and do as many different artists as possible. Thank you for sharing!😊
I can use several kinds of adhesive, like, Beva gel, or Beva solution, but also, wax-resin composite or even more modern ones, they are all reversible. I suggest you to watch this videos here: th-cam.com/video/m5B9__cs77c/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/TgwQP351ZqQ/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/UEp6VnZNcZU/w-d-xo.html
Réussirez-vous à restaurer le cadre sans le détacher de la toile et sans abîmer la restauration de la peinture ou pensez-vous séparer le cadre de la toile pour le restaurer?
Merci beaucoup Javier, pour votre commentaire, et aussi pour etre ici, dans cette comunite dans mon chanel. Votre question est tres interessant, et oui, j'ai la intencion the sparer la painture de cadre, et faire la restoration, mais ca sera dans le future,
Olá! I like the long form videos, but I enjoy this format too. Learning more about different art styles is interesting. And honestly, your English is fine. I was wondering, though, why you changed your channel name? The new one sounds generic and impersonal. Also, in the video intro, I couldn't help but read it as Fart Conservation and now I can't unsee it 😞
HOOO my God, that is very well seen. I didn't think about it... Novan, I thank you for your feedback, But I will have to delete this video because a music that is copyrighted, I will re-publish it and re-edited it tomorrow. Sorry.
Sure I will. Normaly for wax resin compound, I use bees wax and Damar resin, but in video I will try to be more clear. But there ia video I published before that I do speak about it too, maybe you want to have a look. th-cam.com/video/L-tVT-t3tiY/w-d-xo.html
I am still working on it, and I hope soon I can release the next videos with all the treatment I had to apply in this restoration, it was and still is a lot of work.
@@Figueiredoartconservation Some can take more effort 🤗 I wanted to study painting restoration, That time there only was a good school in Zwitserland and wasnt able to do. Paintings of low value i do myself. The rest i keep as they are. To let them do professional is too costly and "Uurtje Factuurtje" is expensive.
Do you ever get a request for a restoration of a painting with too much abrasion and too much paint loss and too much craquelure where you have to tell the owner that you cannot do it because it is too damaged?
😊Not yet. A painting with that degree of poor condition may be a very strong big challenge, I am not sure, how I would react facing a painting in that condition, but for example, if the painting in question was a copy of another painting, maybe i could still try to recover it...
Hello to all, Thank you for being here! If you enjoyed the video, please take a look on the channel, there are a lot of videos that you might enjoy as well.
www.youtube.com/@art-conservation
Thank you
Another Great Work.... congratulations
Thank you so much 😀
I love watching people who are passionate and talented do and explain their work and thought process. I love the extra explanation.
Thank you so much for sharing your opinion, it is great to have you here in the comments comunity
Wow Another New Video. Thank for your New Creation. Nice presentations And say Congratulation
Thank you too
You do Great work. I am looking forward to the Series. Adjust your light so that it does not glare off of the Canvas. Your language and English pronunciation are just fine.
Thank you very much for your feedback
I'm in complete agreement on your observations...
Looks good Eduardo...I think a modular series format is a good idea given all the science and techniques involved in your craft...
The fact that you are trusted with a 17th century Catholic painting confirms for me that your work will remain in high demand in the industry...
Don
I like both kinds of your videos - long format and short. I like them for different reasons. For some reason I really enjoy watching you cleaning paintings and removing varnish. Please do more of those LOL! And don’t worry about your English - it’s much better than my…Dutch? Italian? Whatever - I can’t speak any other languages! You do a great job.
Thank you for your lovely comment, I appreciate it. And thank you for letting me know, about your preferences for videos. I love the cleaning and removing process too.
In this series, I am following a chronological progression of the work. I already have public, 2 episodes of this series, this one, and the 2nd part th-cam.com/video/H-PkwSOBPdQ/w-d-xo.html , in the chronological progression, the next episode will be the working frame construction and the new lining application. But after I want to make an episode about the cleaning and the varnish removal, and I will be thinking about you, and in several more that I presume, also love the cleaning and the varnish removal. So keep an eye on the channel.
Ooh!! I'm only at the start of your video, but the format you're using for this one sounds GREAT! I look forward to hearing your thoughts and intentions as you go along through the conservation. Please don't worry about English "failing," because you are excellent at making yourself understood. If you ever get to a subject where English does not seem to have the right words, please consider using your language to explain; it is sometimes possible for English-speakers to understand the meaning in germanic and romantic languages, even without speaking the language.
wow, that's wonderful feedback, thank you so much, for giving me this positive insight, and encouraging me to speak Inglish freely, even if some errors sometimes occur. It is a very good idea when I don't find the word in English to use more Latin, romantic, or Germanic terms, also I think can be interesting too. Thank you once again.
@@Figueiredoartconservation I agree with this commenter on all points. This is my first video of yours that I have watched, but I understood you very well! I think it is easy and normal for most people to underestimate their abilities, but in my experience it means that one acknowledges learning and gaining experience is life long. I also agree that if you feel like you are really struggling for the right English term, feel free to use the worlds you DO know even if it’s a Germanic, Latin, or Romance language term. I have found that I know a lot more than I think I do, and while I cannot speak or understand most of the language there are certain terms and phrases that are so poignant and powerful that it comes across as understandable to me. Romance languages I think tend to be a little more pervasive thanks to the spread of the Spanish languages, but many languages’s word history can be traced back to Germanic, Latin, or Romance language usage. In English, we have a whole school of science about this and it’s called “word etymology”, ie the origin of words, and many roots, suffixes, prefixes, etc for us come from Latin and greek. In fact, the word etymology is itself a greek word (just not in the Greek script.) English really has borrowed from so many languages, that’s why it can be hard to learn, and why “rules”, pronunciation, and spellings are inconsistent. We have so many ways to say the same thing! So if you don’t think you don’t have the right word, you likely know another that we can understand
Anyway, I look forward to watching more of your videos. Keep up the good work sir!
@@rachelann9362 Hi Rachel, I am now working on my computer and I got a notification about your comment, What a lovely comment you gave me thank you so much, you almost made me cry.
You know, recently I didn't have an easy time, and has been some time since I don't post, but I am exactly now working on a new video...
And your comment just gave me so much warmth in my heart, Thank you so much.
Thanks for watching, and I hope you enjoy the channel.
Really, really hoping that the glue test works! Do you have to use a particular type of the mulberry paper to make sure that not too much glue and not too little glue gets through to the paint? Does that paper exist in coarse or fine grades, even?
This is an exciting format. You're letting us (viewers) experience some of the uncertainties that you must face during your work. Thank you!
It is necessary to use paper a bit heavier than normal, this one I am using has a high density of rice fibers too, which give some resistance to the paper, there are several kinds of tissue paper, from very fine (that can be used a lot of times to face the painting) to more resistant, but in this case, I am using one a bit heavier.
and in fact, every painting is different, so what works for this one, may not work for that one, as a restorer, testing is a constant, to guarantee the good life of the painting.
I love this, Eduardo and I think this style of presentation is just perfect for you. I had heard of chiaroscuro before, never really understood it but now I do. You are such a great teacher. The filming is just right, the raking light showed the lifting paint and holes, I felt like I was sitting next to you. Your English is wonderful and I think it's better than mine (and that's the only language I can speak!). I look forward to the next video and being able to sit with you as you work on this gorgeous piece of art. Thank you.
Thank you, Vickie, I am so glad you enjoyed it, and the other comments, are very favorable too, to this new format. I also felt very well, presenting the painting in a more free way, not trying to be as much perfect as possible.
So I will try to get more experience in making my next videos this way and to try to be more confident in front of the camera.
This is a very special painting, not only because is very old and valuable, but because it is an interesting painted subject, explored by several other painters, and I will try to explore that more ahead when I am on the stage of the cleaning and retouching. I think it will be interesting, to explore several nuances, related to this painting. Always thank you, for your support, Thank you
@@Figueiredoartconservation ❤
I agree with the other commenters. This format is very entertaining and your English is just fine. Please keep up the good work for our benefit.
Thank you Shari your feedback, is great and your encouragement about my English., is great too.
Preserving the Past is good diclayrens foe us. Thank you
Absolutely!
Love this new format! Your English is great.
Thank you Denise for your feedback, and for your encouragement about my English..
I prefer a longer video with more explanation. Thank you for taking the time to explain and share your expertise.
Thank you for taking the time to write your feedback, That helps me a lot, and I appreciate it.
Awesome job Eduardo , keep going .
Thank you for your feedback, it's great to have you here in the community of my channel, Wonderful you enjoyed the video.
Inspiration Dear. Great Job
Thank you! Cheers!
When You Publish Next Part? I will waiting For next part.
Thank you for your curiosity, I think I will be able to finish the edition of the second part to next Wednesday next week
That frame is in pretty rough shape. Maybe the little hole on the side you pointed out is woodworm or some other insect infestation.
When you're going over a painting, photographing it, can you see areas that have been restored before? A couple areas on the painting look a little ham-fistedly done compared to other areas or maybe it's just the oil paint in the process of leaving the canvas.
For a painting with this subject matter - where might it have been created for.
I'm looking forward to seeing the background mysteries.
That hole on the frame is not caused by insects.
But the stretching frame where the canvas is nailed is.
In fact in a later video you are going to watch me applying a product to treat that problem, on nthe stretching frame.
When I fotograf, sometimes I can detect, but to be sure, I always use UV light, because retouching and varnish reveal better with UV.
I make the fotografs so I can keep records of the damages, or special references for future retouching, and basically to have a reference of the state the painting arrived to me.
I think, maybe is because the painting is flaking, because the painting is very uniform in the way it is painted, very nicely done.
That is a very good question, but I am not sure for whom was this painting painted, but was probably for a private collection, due to its dimension. In future episodes, I plan to explain some points about this painting and its theme, because it is a very recurring theme, and several painters painted it.
Mooonie this is an answer to a comment you made on the video with the 2th part of this project, because of a copyright music i used, I will have to delete the video and reedit it. I am not sure if you get the answer i wrote on your comment on that video, once I delete it.
Thank you very much, that is great feedback you are giving me, really appreciate it.
Yes, I totally understand, today we do have several nice resources if we choose carefully.
In fact, we don't need to go 20 or 40 years in the past to have an idea, of how different things were.
I imagine when you had that painting, you wanted to turn it into a better state, but you didn't know exactly how to do it... I know that sense of impotence when we need to make something but are not sure where to start.
Mooonie, I am having a problem with this video, because I used a piece of music that is copyrighted.
I will have to delete this video and I will republish it with new ediction with other music tomorrow,
@@Figueiredoartconservation I always thought with restorations there was a delicate balance you had to maintain.
Some antiques I restored, mainly old clocks and some wood furniture, there was damage/age that needed to be left alone because it helped tell the story of whatever it was. The every day damage was earned the honest way? Like an old face deserving its lines.....
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Hey man! Good to see you! I love your videos!! Your English is EXCELLENT by the way!!
Hey Brian, thanks a lot for the positive feedback, great to know, you are enjoying this journey 👍🙏
Love what you do, can't wait to see the end and see how the light/dark differences compare to Caravaggio...he's one of my favorite "bad" boys!!! I l really like your program, just keep doing it and do as many different artists as possible. Thank you for sharing!😊
Thank you for such great feedback, yes Caravaggio was an extraordinary painter, although according to written records, he was a bad boy, as you said.
what glue do you use to attach a new piece of linen behind a damaged painting to restore a hole or break in the original canvas
I can use several kinds of adhesive, like, Beva gel, or Beva solution, but also, wax-resin composite or even more modern ones, they are all reversible.
I suggest you to watch this videos here:
th-cam.com/video/m5B9__cs77c/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/TgwQP351ZqQ/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/UEp6VnZNcZU/w-d-xo.html
Réussirez-vous à restaurer le cadre sans le détacher de la toile et sans abîmer la restauration de la peinture ou pensez-vous séparer le cadre de la toile pour le restaurer?
Merci beaucoup Javier, pour votre commentaire, et aussi pour etre ici, dans cette comunite dans mon chanel. Votre question est tres interessant, et oui, j'ai la intencion the sparer la painture de cadre, et faire la restoration, mais ca sera dans le future,
Olá! I like the long form videos, but I enjoy this format too. Learning more about different art styles is interesting. And honestly, your English is fine.
I was wondering, though, why you changed your channel name? The new one sounds generic and impersonal. Also, in the video intro, I couldn't help but read it as Fart Conservation and now I can't unsee it 😞
HOOO my God, that is very well seen. I didn't think about it... Novan, I thank you for your feedback, But I will have to delete this video because a music that is copyrighted, I will re-publish it and re-edited it tomorrow. Sorry.
When you start using some compound, it would be useful to tell us the ingredients you are using.
Sure I will. Normaly for wax resin compound, I use bees wax and Damar resin, but in video I will try to be more clear. But there ia video I published before that I do speak about it too, maybe you want to have a look.
th-cam.com/video/L-tVT-t3tiY/w-d-xo.html
This painting realy looks necklected.😮
I am still working on it, and I hope soon I can release the next videos with all the treatment I had to apply in this restoration, it was and still is a lot of work.
@@Figueiredoartconservation
Some can take more effort 🤗
I wanted to study painting restoration,
That time there only was a good school in Zwitserland and wasnt able to do.
Paintings of low value i do myself.
The rest i keep as they are.
To let them do professional is too costly and "Uurtje Factuurtje" is expensive.
Do you ever get a request for a restoration of a painting with too much abrasion and too much paint loss and too much craquelure where you have to tell the owner that you cannot do it because it is too damaged?
😊Not yet. A painting with that degree of poor condition may be a very strong big challenge, I am not sure, how I would react facing a painting in that condition, but for example, if the painting in question was a copy of another painting, maybe i could still try to recover it...