Strengthening, flooding and spottling
Continuing a 6-part series. None of these are teaching videos. Their purpose is instead to show you how we work.
- We film the video.
- Then we watch the video together and discuss the points which jump out at us.
Episode 1 is here, episode 2 – here.
As soon as you’re ready, here’s the next instalment for you:
Download the episode here if you wish to.
We’ll publish episode 4 on January 3rd.
And so we wish you all the best
for Christmas and the New Year.
Thank you so much for, another, great video! Happy holidays, and all the best for 2020 to you too!
Love this video! I recently found a use for "spottling" on a damaged old window that needed some pieces replaced. The original pieces had been shaded by stippling to make patterns in a border. I used "spottling" on the replacements instead, and they looked absolutely identical to the originals at any reasonable viewing distance. You could tell that a different technique had been used only by getting your eye right down to the surface. What I liked about that is that to any viewer the overall piece looked to be "of a whole" in execution, but the fact that restoration had been done was detectable by close visual examination. I'd have stippled of course if the customer had demanded it, but in this case "spottling" was quicker and just as satisfactory for the repair.
Another engaging video. Thank you. I think 'spottling' is such a wonderful word.
Hope you both have an enjoyable Christmas break. Looking forward to the next installment in the New Year.
Once again really lovely. The dog is coming to life. It was interesting that the paint mix was thin. I could see how the spacing of the marks allowed for the high lights to come. Spottling, apart from being a great word, adds such a depth, but I had never thought of removing it and it helping to create an uneven ageing. Happy Christmas.
This is a wonderful progression of this project of the Talbot dog. It is so interesting that you were commissioned to recreate old windows and then not only age and distress them but actually break and repair some of the glass pieces for a look of authentic antiquity! Thank you for explaining about the Da Vinci Maestro #5519 brush.
Hi I didn't receive lesson 4 last week has it been held back a week because of the season?
Yes - the season. Episode 4 is out this coming Friday. Will write then.
Great work, thanks for taking the time to make these videos. 😊
Our pleasure. Amusing that the head took 90 minutes whilst the videos took four days. The head will outlive the videos by many years: may all of our shared skills and enthusiasm help take this craft forward even longer.