Saturday, July 9, 2011

Restoring an Old Watercolor

I don't usually do this but a friend of a friend had some water damage on an old watercolor that they wanted fixed. It took me a lot of time blending, dry brushing and manipulating watercolors on a very old piece of paper. I was unable to use any water, which would inevitably pull all the paint up off the old paper. Here is what I was given to work on:




And here is what I was able to do to fix it:

I might still try to do some more blending, but we'll see. I'm about ready to move on to something more creative.

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