Daily Archives: March 26, 2008


Virgil Elliott on Oiling Out 1

Found this on quote on WetCanvas about oiling out a painting: Oiling out with linseed oil before painting into a dried passage is preferable to using retouch varnish to resaturate the colors, from a standpoint of sound archival practice. Oils dry partly through oxidation, and varnish over the top of […]