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Drips
About three months ago, a client called me to her house to look at two paintings I'd delivered two or three months earlier. She complained that she could see drips in the paintings. I had to agree. Frankly, I really didn't know what caused it. Might have been the retouch varnish I'd sprayed on it. Might have been the linseed oil with which I'd "oiled in" had dripped. In any event, I took one home and went over it with some turp and scrubbed some paint over the top of some of the parts and she seemed satisifed. We agreed that I would do the same thing with the other painting when I picked them both up to varnish. That's what's happening now.
Problem is, the drips on the second painting seem more stubborn. (Because they're older? Because they are more visible anyway?) Anyway, I'm rubbing away with turbs. Scumbling a little paint on top and basically seeing a little but not much improvement.
The client is bothering me to get the paintings back to her varnished and ASAP so they can be reframed in time for Christmas parties, etc.
Big questions. Since what I'm seeing is essentially shiny dripping places -- when I varnish over it will it seem to disappear or will I find that I've locked in a problem!
Help, help. Panic has taken grip...
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