By Rineke de Jong, 28 September 2016. How to create a miniature-portrait? After having made several 3 cm miniature portrait paintings, I think it is nice to tell you more about the origin of these gems and to show you how I made them. A free painting tutorial. Step by…
How to create a miniature with butterflies or flowers, etc.? A painting lesson. Step-by-step. Because I still have to take some time to publish the painting lesson “How to create a miniature portrait”, here you find an explanation of the painting of butterflies, flowers and a bee head in miniature…
Varnishes In the broadcast of 1-9-2016 o f the Avro / TROS, Old Masters, Girl with a Pearl Earring, intrigued me the protein varnish. It was used to see if craquelé of the original was done with protein. I went looking for more information about this and varnishes in general.…
Amber and oil painting – Painting Techniques posted by Rineke de Jong, 20-3-2016 This interesting article I came across on my quest for knowledge. It was written by Amandine Gilles. Because I am very interested in old techniques I translated it from French to English for you. In not one…
Painting techniques – oil painting, cleaning, technique and history In museums and private collections you sometimes see paintings that are still relatively new, but already cracked or peeled off. That’s because most art academies have not paid attention the last hundred years of material and technique. There exist books, but…