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Old 01-23-2004, 01:17 PM   #8
Virgil Elliott Virgil Elliott is offline
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The problem I have with linen liners is that they are usually lighter than the lightest lights in the painting, and thus do not harmonize with the picture. Nothing in the frame should be lighter than the value range established withing the painting itself, or it will make the painting look darker.

Long ago, I would occasionally find a ready-made frame that looked good on one of my paintings, except for the linen liner. I would then paint the liner to harmonize with the color scheme of the painting, and it would work much better. The frame should not pull the viewer's eye away from the painting.
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