Mixing and matching
Subtitle: approaches to retouching paintings
By: edited by Rebecca Ellison, Patricia Smithen and Rachel Turnbull
Contributors: British Association of Paintings Conservator-Restorers; Institute of Conservation
Publisher: Archetype Publications in association with the Icon Paintings Group and the British Association of Paintings Conservators-Restorers (BAPCR)
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9781904982500
Subjects: Painting; Inpainting; Conservation and restoration
Description: "Methods of retouching, or inpainting, vary according to personal preference-- the media, pigments and techniques used are each chosen to suit the individual object. A wealth of options is available to the practising conservator, many of which are covered in this volume. The history, development and method of application of each technique is discussed and illustrated, while additional papers explore practical and theorectical aspects of colour matching"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Outgrowth of three one-day sessions organized by the Paintings Group of the Institute of Conservation (Icon) and the British Association of Paintings Conservators-Restorers (BAPCR) and held at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, in 2007. Cf. foreword and p. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: section 1. Egg tempera retouching. The history of egg tempera as a retouching medium / Ann Massing ; The composition and chemistry of eggs and egg tempera / Alan Phenix ; The art of tempera retouching / Mary Kempski; title: section 2. Resin retouching. Retouching media used at the National Gallery, London, since the nineteenth century / Paul Ackroyd ; The state of research into retouching resins / Spike Bucklow ; Properties of pigments, retouching media and their use / Peter Koneczny ; Retouching with a PVA resin medium / Sarah Cove ; Retouching with Paraloid B-72 / Kate Lowry ; Retouching with Gamblin conservation colours / Jill Dunkerton; title: section 3. Retouching complex surfaces. Colour theory and the application of a portable spectrophotometer for retouching / Stig Evans and Andrew Hanson ; An unusual case of integration and its solution / Oriana Sartiani ... [et al.] ; Pushing the borders of retouching and reconstruction : can enough ever be too much? / Laurent Sozzani ; An introduction to B72 retouching gels / Peter Koneczny ; Properties of B72 retouching gels and their use / Peter Koneczny ; Texturing fills using a silicone mould / Simon Folkes and Sophie Reddington ; Retouching media for acrylic paintings / Shelley Sims, Maureen Cross and Patricia Smithen.