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Technique

                                                                                                           

Traditional technique

 

  The painting is preferably carried out on old furniture because it is very dry.

  After stripping, repairing and adding two coats of ”gesso”, before it is completely dry, the outline of the design is created and then the colours are put in place.

  In order to reproduce the best luminosity of the landscapes and the smoothness of the colours, I use a tempera consisting of egg yolk or casein distemper.

  Certain subjects are isolated by a natural resin based varnish.

  To finish the furniture is polished with a preparation "patina" made from hot beeswax, turpentine, carnauba resin and  selected pigments.

  Once or twice a year the furniture should be polished with a paraffin free wax.

  

These techniques are traditional. Neither the paints or the varnish alter the woods.

 

 

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