Oil Painting Inpainting and Touch-Up
The images below illustrate the filling and inpainting of an oil painting following canvas repair. Click on the images to enlarge.
After the oil painting has been lined and re-stretched, Gainsborough's Picture Repair Putty is applied where paint is missing.
Oil painting with putty infill in the lower right area.
Using a pallette of oil paints matched to the original colors, the restorer retouches the filled areas of this landscape.