Art restoration - I love this guy

[Jodi]

Best watched in the YouTube app

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[Steve Miller]

That was excellent! Thanks!

[AndyD]

Indeed, to watch the preparation needed, and the skill of the conservator

[Big_Al]

That's some remarkable work.

It did raise a couple of questions in my mind:
When the restorer is removing overpainting, how does he discriminate between work of a previous restorer and overpainting that may have been done by the original artist?
The restoration painting work proceeded at what seemed to be a rapid pace, but I wondered how the restorer could color- and texture-match so apparently effectively. Is that all a function of the skill and dexterity of the restorer or was some of the effort omitted to speed up the demonstration of this step?

Big Al

[Big_Al]

This video at that site went a long way toward answering my questions.

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Big Al

[Steve Miller]

There’s also a lady on the Repair Shop who restores paintings. It’s remarkably fine work.