Thursday, October 06, 2011

"A Serene Moment II", Gamblin Artists Colors Co. Cheer!

I love Gamblin products. I tried to write that sentence many times (sounding business like) and decided to just go with my heart. Here is an example of one of the many benefits of using Gamblin's Gamar Picture Varnish.
















The painting on the right has a "foreign" green in the large trees. After having to see it hang in an exhibit and wanting to snatch it off the wall. I brought it into the studio and removed the varnish, repainted the trees in a color that is harmonious with the rest of the painting and I think it's a better piece now.


Here is the beauty of Gamblin. To remove the Gamar Varnish, all you have to do is wipe it off with Gamsol and a clean white piece of sheet. Sheets are a cool oil painters tool because they don't leave lint, when your cleaning a painting. Another trick if you do have lint is the blue painters tape. Make a circle of tape, sticky side out and gently tap it over the lint. Back to Gamblin, after removing the varnish, repaint the area where you removed the varnish or the whole darn thing, let it dry and varnish again. Taa daa! Your happy and hopefully the painting will find a home with a collector.

4 comments:

Nancy Van Blaricom said...

Beautiful painting. Nice recovery .... thank you so much for the tip. Its one I'll save ... just incase.

Marian Fortunati said...

Love learning from you, Laura!!!

Laura Wambsgans said...

Thanks for the encouragement to post tips. I'll do it again soon!

Martha Ann Kennedy said...

Thanks for the advice about using sheets -- I hadn't thought about it!

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