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2. Aging (artwork) - Wikipedia

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   Aging is a process by which an artwork, typically a painting or sculpture, is made to appear old. It is meant to emulate the natural deterioration that can occur over many decades or centuries. Although there may be "innocent" reasons for it, ageing is a technique very often used in art forgery. [1]

3. Acrylic painting techniques - Wikipedia

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   Fluid paint, in general, is a moveable form of acrylic paint. Fluid paints can be used like watercolors, for acrylic pouring, or for glazing and washes. To create a more fluid consistency, water or a pouring medium is added to the paint. The ratio of paint to water/pouring medium depends on how thick the glaze or pouring paint is expected to be.

4. Distressing - Wikipedia

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   A table given a distressed finish, with a historical paint colour, edges that have been sanded down to expose the wood, and vintage hardware attached to the drawers. Distressing (or weathered look ) in the decorative arts is the activity of making a piece of furniture or object appear aged and older, giving it a "weathered look".

5. Conservation and restoration of paintings - Wikipedia

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   There is solvent-based and water-based. Solvent-based acrylic paints are soluble in mineral spirits, and water-based acrylic paints are water-soluble. Acrylic paint differs from oil paint in both its quick drying time, and how the paint dries. Acrylic paint dries in as little as thirty minutes, and dries by the evaporation of the solvent or ...

6. Craquelure - Wikipedia

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   Typical French craquelure in a portrait from c. 1750, larger and less regular patterns, with curving cracks. Painting systems are composed of complex layers with unique mechanical properties that depend on the type of drying oil or paint medium used and the presence of paint additives, such as organic solvents, surfactants, and plasticizers.

7. Cradling (paintings) - Wikipedia

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   Example of a cradled panel, mounted on the back of a painting by Aert van der Neer Example of an oak panel in its original state, the back of a Jan Davidsz. de Heem still life. Cradling is a process used in the restoration and preservation of paintings on wooden panel .