Subject: Varnishing to protect, get real, how out dated...
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Dear dave1: You realy need not concern yourself with varnishing work as a "beginner"! Nor, with much said here. If you want to be a painter concentrate on looking, seeing and study; and painting. Technique, is an individual thing and easy enough to evolve ones own, it's nothing more then the individuals choice of tools liked to work with (brushs, etc.), the individual choice of materials selected to work with (oil, acrylic, etc.) and individual choice of materials chosen to work on (types of canvas, papers, etc.). To "copy" others techniques is not to be a painter but a choice to be an amature craftsperson, which is fine; if that's what you want but if such is the case don't make the mistake of ever calling yourself a real painter. By the way, varnish as a protective cover is something not demanded by collectors anymore and not demanded by them for a least a couple hundred years, gloss, mat or otherwise. In fact varnish is often used in areas of a painting for reasons other then protection by an artist, thus the application of varnish as a protective layer could be damaging. If something of the sort is needed it's usually applied by a restorer/conservator, and often not varnish but soluble nylon, in the case of works done using oil paints. Sincerely, the artist Geo
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