tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post8070598175893942225..comments2024-03-27T11:43:33.889-04:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: Fixing a punctured canvasStapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-37144993314746506742010-03-07T16:26:09.440-05:002010-03-07T16:26:09.440-05:00There's no doubt that Reynolds was a Master. H...There's no doubt that Reynolds was a Master. However, he often used materials and methods that were known, even within his own times, to be detrimental to the longevity of his paintings. While his Discourses should be required reading in every representational based art school, academy and atelier, his paintings methods should be viewed with some skepticism.<br /><br />See the chapter <i>'All Good Pictures Crack'</i> by M. Kirby Talley, Jr. from the book, <i>Reynolds</i>, 1986.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05566296542876598698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-40747468383735965512010-03-05T22:36:59.354-05:002010-03-05T22:36:59.354-05:00Useful post that hopefully people will not have to...Useful post that hopefully people will not have to use too often. <br />I have had to do this once, but I did it a bit differently. I used a piece of canvas and a piece of wax film. <br />I picked it up from the local art store. You lay the painting on a cloth, face down, place the wax over the hole, then the canvas, and iron it on to melt the wax. Just enough heat to get it to stick. The wax fuses in and makes a tight seal. <br />One other thing I would suggest, is the importance of making sure the weave is going in the same direction as that of the painting. As canvas can move, you want it to move in the same direction or you could possibly get a pucker. <br />Someone suggested a special thing to fill the dent, but I basically use the technique suggested here with lead white.Richard J. Luschek IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17391295820585129843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-12107441810810274572010-03-05T22:18:57.871-05:002010-03-05T22:18:57.871-05:00Willek;
It was a gray day with no surf.The house w...Willek;<br />It was a gray day with no surf.The house was there.<br />...............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-82314870604076670562010-03-05T22:17:59.363-05:002010-03-05T22:17:59.363-05:00Deborah;
Thank you.
..............StapeDeborah;<br />Thank you.<br />..............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-35754792110965636492010-03-05T22:17:28.152-05:002010-03-05T22:17:28.152-05:00Jeremy;
I hope so.The opening went well.
.....Stap...Jeremy;<br />I hope so.The opening went well.<br />.....StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-40974864378261941002010-03-05T22:15:54.591-05:002010-03-05T22:15:54.591-05:00darren
,I am confused, please elaborate.
............darren<br />,I am confused, please elaborate.<br />............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-16534340486840670922010-03-05T22:14:57.342-05:002010-03-05T22:14:57.342-05:00Bob;
It was more difficult describing it than actu...Bob;<br />It was more difficult describing it than actually doing it.<br />.............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-89024912068222023492010-03-05T22:14:03.955-05:002010-03-05T22:14:03.955-05:00Deb:
I will do a travel post soon
...................Deb:<br />I will do a travel post soon<br />................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-40880965079231201162010-03-05T22:13:04.692-05:002010-03-05T22:13:04.692-05:00Willek;
I have had holes in paintings that I neede...Willek;<br />I have had holes in paintings that I needed to show.<br />......StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-7266167199895134342010-03-05T17:26:28.255-05:002010-03-05T17:26:28.255-05:00A comebacker. The painting you are showing today....A comebacker. The painting you are showing today.. Once again it is of a place and at an angle of similar views that I ahve passsed up so many times as being too mundane. You have made it very appealing and interesting. Now you plugged in a terrific sky with sun rays and lovely clouds. Time of day might be something to work with, I imaging. Boat placement?? focal points. Was the house really there? But might you not talk sometime about things you do with views like this to play them up?willekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626541339963605016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-65959091202194069862010-03-05T12:18:33.154-05:002010-03-05T12:18:33.154-05:00This painting is a beauty Stape. Best of luck for ...This painting is a beauty Stape. Best of luck for the show!Deborah Parishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02242296435365350267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-16357701984948822262010-03-05T12:18:28.166-05:002010-03-05T12:18:28.166-05:00Good luck with the show! Based of the last two pa...Good luck with the show! Based of the last two paintings you posted, I am sure you will be well received.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17579185594957855023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-31488285736618292682010-03-05T08:08:39.543-05:002010-03-05T08:08:39.543-05:00It's too bad Reynolds didn't take is own a...It's too bad Reynolds didn't take is own advice more often!Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05566296542876598698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-50661140124468165252010-03-05T06:04:27.000-05:002010-03-05T06:04:27.000-05:00Thanks Stape! It sounds fairly easy.Nice to know!!...Thanks Stape! It sounds fairly easy.Nice to know!!bobmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025758816213284525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-86911682041412985572010-03-04T23:31:23.468-05:002010-03-04T23:31:23.468-05:00yet another reason to paint on panels!
question:...yet another reason to paint on panels! <br />question: how do you travel by air with wet paintings?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01799016923038189074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-79081397775116346612010-03-04T23:19:50.315-05:002010-03-04T23:19:50.315-05:00Very Interesting, Stape. I suppose you did this ki...Very Interesting, Stape. I suppose you did this kind of thing when you ran your gallery.willekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626541339963605016noreply@blogger.com