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On the topic of darkening paintings, an artist friend of mine told me that if some darkening occurs and the paints were mixed with linseed oil and some maroger, if you set the painting out in the sun for a day, it will lighten right up. He makes his own maroger and I thought he said he uses beeswax--maybe I'm just confused, which happens alot, lol. I've started using maroger and I can't live without it now, and the smell is like aromatherapy! Maybe this neo stuff by Gamblin is better and I hope to try it eventually, but I'm hesitant to do so because of a bad experience I had.
I ran into a problem with Gamblin Galkyd Lite. I had been painting for less than a year and some of my paintings had very patchy glossy and matte areas. It was suggested that I could cover the surface with Galkyd Lite to even it out, and later apply varnish. The GL only made the surface worse. I took the painting to a friend who restores old paintings for advice and she called the effect bubbling. Her associate who was trained in restoration in France glazed my painting (it took three coats to even out the surface) and he said in 10 years the GL will start to darken. They told me linseed oil, turpentine, a little maroger and nothing else! I was also told to write on the stretcher that I had used maroger because if the painting is ever restored that information will be very helpful.
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