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1:06 pm
June 7, 2011
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I like taking old paintings and restoring them by removing the damage and re-doing parts that need it. I also try to make them a little more 'realistic'. This is one I did recently, I have redone most of the painting, but her face remains the same other than a few additions – such as eyelashes. What do you guys think?
Here is the original:
Here is the restored one:
Sorry its not great – I don't have much time to spend on them now I'm a mum.
"It is however but Justice, & my Duty to declre that this amiable Woman was entirely innocent of the Crimes with which she was accused, of which her Beauty, her Elegance, & her Sprightliness were sufficient proofs..." Jane Austen.
2:20 pm
March 26, 2011
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Wow! this is great-I love it 
it does look more 'real' for sure
2:23 pm
January 9, 2010
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Very nice work – I much prefer yours to the original! 
3:02 pm
May 16, 2011
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Wow, that's amazing. It's very beautiful. This is kind of how i imagine Anne looking.
Great job, if you do anymore please post cause this one is great.
• Grumble all you like, this is how it’s going to be.
3:42 pm
June 7, 2010
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Nice work. Anne's face is more prominent and the portraits colour is lighter and clearer. Does that make sense? Regardless, great work, Elliemarianna.
"By daily proof you shall find me to be to you both loving and kind" Anne Boleyn
7:48 am
February 24, 2010
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Ellie, what a beautiful restoration. Decently? I'd say awesomely! In the original she looks like she is way in the background. After your restoration she looks so bright and beautiful. You have brought Anne to life. Excellent work.
10:14 am
October 31, 2010
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That is amazing!! I've never had an artistiic eye so I admire people who can look at something and draw it, paint it, sketch it, sculpt it, somehow recreate it in a different medium and, thus, capture it forever as it is in that moment.
Meanwhile, my students and I make fun of my artwork when I'm forced to draw or sketch something for class. My favorite sketches are the stick frog, stick cricket/grasshopper, and the stick horse (which, my students have informed me, looks like a swing set).
Out of curiosity, what tools do you use to restore paintings? So many very old paintings look so fragile, I've always wondered how it's possible to clean them and repair them without further damaging them.
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3:40 pm
August 2, 2010
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Fantastic job! Your version shows Anne as brilliant and bright, as opposed to the dark, wallflower-like Anne in the unrestored picture. It's realistic too 🙂
"Grumble all you like, this is how it's going to be"
