Reversibility in restorative treatments in general is a condition and criterion of great consideration. It is part of the same restorative function to be able… Read More »Reversibility in the restoration of painting on canvas
THE LINING OR REINFORCEMENT OF THE TEXTILE SUPPORT Lining is a technical restoration procedure that involves attaching a lining to the original textile backing. Also… Read More »Lining a painting on canvas
The trompe l’oeils inspirations of L’Atelier de Santi results in open doors with a frame from an inside view. In others cases a frame with… Read More »The trompe l’oeils inspiration in L’Atelier de Santi
Many of the tricks I expose in The Santi’s Workshop have an ethnological basis. Very ethnological, I would venture to point out, is the content… Read More »Ethnology in the trompe l’oeil of L’Atelier de Santi
Visual illusion because painting has always pursued illusion through its plastic expression. It is their reason for existing communicating through the vision, as the art… Read More »Visual illusion, brief explanation of the “trompe-l’oeil”
The trees in L’Atelier de Santi The forest world and the trees have been a reason for my watercolors. It was on a hot summer… Read More »The forest world in L’Atelier de Santi
Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) It is a reference in French neoclassical art. His long life, like his work, are full of dependencies and subject to established… Read More »Jacques-Louis David in a “trompe-l’oeil”
The same procedure was done to make the painting “Grandfather’s Things” deceive as much as the rest of the trompe-l’oeils. With the difference that makes… Read More »The “Grandfather’s Things”, trompe-l’oeil of The Santi’s Workshop
Chromatic reintegration is the treatment that is followed to cover the original paint faults in the pictorial or polychrome works during the restoration process. Regardless… Read More »Chromatic reintegration
From copying Velázquez to “The Shelving of Velázquez” I have not only learned trade and technique, also anecdotes and curious stories. In this work I… Read More »“The Shelving of Velázquez” of L’Atelier de Santi