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Originally Posted by Kimberly Dow
Thanks again all.
When I was less experienced, this was so simple. I have a couple paintings that are 17 years old or so. I used oil paint and taught myself without doing even the most basic of research. When the paint was too thick, I thinned it with turpentine only. The paintings, although horrible in skill, still look fine. The richness of the oil is missing though because they are very matte from the turpentine. I never varnished them either.
The more I learn, the more confused I am.
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Kim,
If seventeen years seems like a long time to you, enjoy your youth while it lasts. To me, seventeen years ago seems like yesterday.
Many of the problems that result from poor choices of materials and/or techniques do not show up in oil paintings for 80-200 years. Short-term, one can get by with just about anything.
Virgil Elliott