Cracked Oil Painting

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Cracked Oil Painting

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The painting came direct from the artist rolled up in a tube.
The customer wants me to stretch as normal.
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ARTIST ERROR

The artist used too small a tube and it was rolled with the paint side in vs out.
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I can't believe they're still getting that framed!
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Is that a newly painted work?
That sort of cracking is more symptomatic of older stuff. I would venture to say that
the artist is a bit too heavy handed with the turps his/her mixtures. Not enough oil can produce that effect. The oil
is the binder.

That's if it is an oil. Acrylic can crack like that.
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The cracks will only get worse as you stretch it.
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The owner needs to send it back to the artis and get a refund. If you try and stretch it it becomes your problem. Don't touch it would be my advice.
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Never mind the cracking...someone's spilled paint all over it!

:D :D
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kartoffelngeist wrote:Never mind the cracking...someone's spilled paint all over it!

:D :D
and cleaned their dirty brushes with it :giggle:
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