#*varnish

[jacks-archive]

Storm Upon the Sea

Midnight/Peacock/Eldritch

[superkursunaskr]

[fyblackwomenart]

ARTIST KRASNODAR

[gummi-stims]

Varnishing an alien pup LPS custom from l0sercrafts on tiktok!

[charlozel]

after a few weeks of letting this painting dry I was finally able to to varnish it ✨

prints of this painting in my INPRNT shop

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[unholy-cvlt]

ROAST CHICKEN

[dreveel]

Death Roe; {Credit}

[thunderous-aesthetics]

An art restoration stimboard for @trupowieszcz .

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[mcromwell]

Hey there! I normally paint with acrylics and was wanting to seal my finished pieces but.....am not sure what to do that with! I'm worried about my finished paintings being too glossy but also want to protect them. Do you have any products you would recommend? Thank you for your time.

Hi! Yeah, there's a couple options for sealing acrylic works that I use. I'm sure there are more out there but these are my favorites from what I have personally tried.

I use Liquitex gloss varnish for most of my pieces. It brushes on and does a good job at protecting pieces from damage, moisture, and UVs. The glossiness ensures your darks remain dark, too, it tends to deepen the colors in a nice way, but the tradeoff is that it's very shiny. (Always apply this in multiple thin layers--applied too thick, it makes a strange surface effect that is undesirable.)

Since I do mixed media a lot, some of my materials will re-activate if I brushed an acrylic varnish over them, such as pastels. For this, I use Minwax Polycrylic spray protective finish, since it will seal even chunky stuff like oil pastels. The Polycrylic is pricy but comes in a matte spray which deepens the colors, protects the surface, AND isn't too shiny! I like the satin finish, too, and the gloss... it's a good, versatile spray varnish I use for lots of stuff. My partner uses the matte to seal his acrylic painted polymer clay sculptures.

They make matte varnishes that are brush-on, too, but I find the fogginess left by a matte finish doesn't flatter most paintings, so I opt for the shiny gloss instead. (Gloss also is easier to dust/clean.)

Hope this helps!

[stoicmike]

The artist is more interested in types of varnish than in theories of aesthetics. -- Michael Lipsey

[ragtimeboy]

The spirit breaks, and you remain

[fyblackwomenart]

Tropical Night by Olga Boltenko-Beauharnais

[balluprojects]

Upcycled Mobile phone Docks, 2019

Desk mobile phone support: upcycled acrylic glass, hand painted and handmade original gifts made with love.

*ALL SOLD* O.O

currently almost out of stock!

[charlozel]

Varnished this baby one and a half years after painting it. I haven’t painted a lot lately so this has really motivated me to get back into it because it’s my favourite part of the painting process (it also motivated me to rewatch Hannibal. haven’t seen that show in a hot minute)

prints of this painting here

[ethelcain-songs]

Varnish White Silas

There’s a painting that hangs Up above my bed It’s a portrait of what I once had with you Bloody reds and virgin blues Where we danced laughing in the hues Now form a bruise

I burnt all my candles Waiting up for you Told myself that you’d come back If I prayed hard enough And I knew it wasn’t true Cause I had so much left to lose But not my youth

So I got my brushes And I painted you right out because

I tried I did I ripped myself right open Just to let you in But it hurt It hurt so much So I took all of my black And covered up the evidence

What once was young Now grows old In a frame of black and gold

Your body sprawled out on the sheets Veins of blue and eyes of green And flushed cheeks of vibrant pinks In that painting

It was just as much my fault As it was yours I painted you as a saint And myself a whore As I thought of what you tarnished My tears ruined all the varnish But still I kept it

Cause if I forget you And you come back I might forgive you

I tried I did I ripped myself right open Just to let you in But it hurt It hurt so much So I took all of my black And covered up the evidence

What once was there Has now been lost And you took the fruit And I paid the cost

I’ll sing a song for you in the evening When the sun goes down And it’s too dark to see Please don’t ever seek me out Cause I could not turn you away I never thought to learn how

I’ll sing a song for you in the evening When the sun goes down And it’s too dark to see Please don’t ever seek me out Cause I could not turn you away I never thought to learn how

I’ll sing a song for you in the evening When the sun goes down And it’s too dark to see Please don’t ever seek me out Cause I could not turn you away I never thought to learn how

God knows I tried I did I ripped myself right open Just to let you in God knows I tried I did I ripped myself right open Just to let you in But it hurt It hurt so much So I took all of my black And covered up the evidence I’m all out of tears Cause I cried them all When I gave you my best years So I’ll rip that painting from my wall For I’ve no more room in my house for you My dear

So I took fire to my art Then set alight myself And at last I could die with you I always wanted nothing else

[unholy-cvlt]

GIVE A DOG A BONE