The canvas consists of fibres that do not like contact with oil. If the oil gets into the fabric, then – over the years – the canvas in that spot simply rots and begins to fall apart. Therefore, it is necessary to apply a new finish to the fabric, for – by decatising the store-bought […]
Tadeusz Piotrowski’s School
In Olsztyn, I joined a private school that was founded in 1981 by Tadeusz Piotrowski (in the photo). Piotrowski himself graduated from the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. At his school – named after Cennino Cennini – we mainly studied the technologies of the Old Masters of painting.Tadeusz kept […]
The screen of an abandoned painting
Underneath the paint there is a “screen”, or single-colour underpainting.The light must break through the layers of translucent coatings – and return to the viewer.Only when it reflects off the screen and reaches the eye, it can tempt the viewer with the luminosity of the mixed pigments. Just as a stained glass window needs illumination […]