Simon Blackwood Fine Arts

Picture Restoration Scotland

Restoration Gallery – Oil Paintings and Works on Paper


Cleaning a copy of Rubens Andromeda and Perseus.

Beneath surface dirt and discoloured varnish, a sky in pigment made of Lapis Lasuli

Cleaning historic oil painting of Delft

Removing discoloured varnish.

Cleaning oil painting

Surface dirt trapped between successive applications of varnish. Painting on a wooden panel

Damaged oil painting relined before cleaning

Tears in the canvas, excessive surface dirt and several layers of discoloured varnish

Work on very large painting in Edinburgh

Handling a large painting.

Step by step process of repairing and restoring Edinburgh painting dated 1565.

Restoring badly damaged copy of Daniele da Volterra.

Watercolour damaged by condensation and framing materials

Watercolour.

A badly stained graphite drawing in the Neo Raphelite style

Drawing.

A hand-coloured engraving showing staining and also smudging of the colour

Hand-coloured engraving.

Staining of an engraving.

Engraving.

The paper exhibits the classic effects of the wood-pulp backing card leaching out stains due to condensation

Etching.

This lithograph taken from drawings by Snaffle (renowned for his sporting prints) is a composite of two separate prints on different papers.

Lithograph.

Simon Blackwood Fine Arts, The Studio, Wells Old Lodge
Bedrule, Near Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland TD9 8TD.
Telephone: 01450 870870 E-mail: simonblackwood@btconnect.com