cant believe y'all so critical. This man could tell me setting the painting on fire will help the conservation adhesive dry and I'd be like ya sounds legit, light it up
Exactly!!! Why do people these days think they have the 'qualification' or 'experence' to question not just a professional but a master at their job!!! Just sit back and watch in marvel a master at work. We are so fortunate to watch something that is usual behind closed doors.
My cat has decided to become a fan of conservation videos. I put this on and you started talking and my cat came running to watch. You sir have a cat as a fan
Omg my cat is the same haha. He just got addicted to Julien yesterday, he watches each video with me, fully focused. I didn't quite expect a random comment about exactly that here:)
lida min well as bad as it was at least it’s not as bad as the Christ painting that was absolutely butchered! Took a beautiful painting that needed some minor restoration and turned it into a laughingstock!
Raquel Hoffmann lol I’m falling asleep to the narrated one too. His voice is soft and soothing enough that I sometimes forget to pay attention to what he’s actually saying.
Pro tip: watch the narrated version first, then put on the un-narrated version when a friend stops by and do your own narration to impress them. *That, my dear, is fish gelatin. It melts at a lower temperature than regular gelatin*
I would love to see an April Fool's video where he takes a replica, cheap painting and uses all the methods he hates just to ruin it. "So here we're going to use Gorilla glue for the fixing, and staples for the canvas..."
Bailee Wilson Unfortunately all those paintings are not my style. I’d rather watch myself doing restoration work on Joshua Reynolds under Keith’s supervision 😂😂
I didn't understand that comment. I usually work in silence, i find it more relaxing and i need full concentration for what i'm doing, that makes someone sociopath? xD
@@valmuncfezarion8607 Good to know! They’re called “Coligold Art & Antiques” It’s all sorta in the name, they restore art and antiques. Art is the primary focus, but items like vintage furniture, clothes, clockwork, even certain mechanical items can be restored if someone’s willing to pay. There are four employees (it’s a small business), with several projects going on at any given time. I even wrote up a little character briefing of the four employees if you’d like to hear it!
@@valmuncfezarion8607 1. Mela - Autistic girl with gentle hands, excellent at cleaning paint, fixing canvas, and securing frames. She also does most of the cleaning for other items, and works with the fine metals in jewelry and clockwork. Her fine motor skills are usually terrible, but when she gets into a hyper focus, she has almost surgical precision. 2. Arturo - “Breaking Bad”-style druggie with a deep understanding of chemicals, formulates solvents, varnishes, and reversible pigments; able to accurately test canvas, leather, upholstery, wood, or any other material. Makeup store worker frequently fired for rudeness to the customers, but always finds new work because he’s an expert at retouching blemishes and matching colors. 3. Gene - Artist unable to find his own style, finds himself able to duplicate identically the styles of others. He’s good at finding information on whatever he wants to duplicate quickly and efficiently, whether it be a paint style, shoe style, or design engraved on a very rare edition of antique music boxes. Wants to be a musician but doesn’t get very far, so he falls back on restoration to pay the bills. Primary forger of paintings. 3. Dante - Tough guy who is able to do a lot of the heavy lifting and labor-intensive work, like crafting new frames or retooling metals. He’s got the charisma to interact with the customers regularly, and acts as a bodyguard when their less legal clients have an issue. In addition to major construction and shaping, he’s also the guy who picks up raw material for their work. He has the most connections.
@@macalisternewby5679 was following his tutorial once and in the middle of it i started going are u sure u want to do that Bob, and he did and it was great.
It's standard practice to start with the darkest color in the underpainting and paint progressively lighter colors on top. That's exactly how he did the nose.
I'm a student at an art school that also has a small public gallery that displays works loaned to us from professional artists. The printmaking shop is across the lobby/study area from this gallery. There has been many an occasion when groups of older people come in to visit the gallery, and they walk past the print shop to hear us jamming out to Britney Spears or the Mulan soundtrack.
Some art restorer in the 1800s: hey I've just touched up this painting I think I've done a pretty good job Julian: I'm about to end this man's whole carreer
yall really in the comments accusing him of removing original paint when he's had 20 years of experience and half of ur knowledge came from his videos in the first place smh
Mahou Shoujo Julian: *Has studied art restoration for over 20 years, inherited an entire art restoration buisness from his father* Random person on the internet: YoU'rE dOIng iT wRonG
I mean a lot of career conservationists have chimed in and said he uses methods they wouldn’t because it might alter the painting but I do enjoy his videos
“I set aside my reservations as the aim is success” Me with a triple chin as I look down at my phone: Mhm, yes, the fish gelatine is the best choice after all
I find it oddly comforting that he says he can only retouch for short periods of time without going crazy. I legitimately thought he was spending all day on it.
watching him scrape all of the glue off of the back was giving me anxiety. It probably took him hours to finish that, and I would be shocked if he sat down and did it all in one sitting. I would have to walk away because I know I would get impatient and ruin it.
Pixel Spy me to. It pays to walk away from a project. It clears the mind and you can look at the project with fresh eyes and see things that you become blind to, like tunnel vision.
Since subscribing this channel, everytime something goes wrong in my life I just visualize me gently applying a giant sheet of washi kozo over to prevent further damage, scrapping all the bad energy off, painstakingly restoring the ugly damage that was left and lining everything with belgium linen.🤔
that way to rid yourself of things you don’t want in your consciousness is really fantastic and wholesome. i also have a way to do that which i’ve been using years, but it’s it’s sorta like melting the person completely so they’re gone. i’ve doing that for a while, but not lately. i’ve been around for quite a while. i’m an antique. :) 🌹🌱 but, it’s so
Julian: "So... at some point, SOMEBODY, another 'conservator' or somebody who THOUGHT they could fix this painting-" Me: *oh shit...* Julian: "Or make it better, just repainted all of that blue, and they did it with a blueish, greenish-" Me: *How dare they-* Julian: "And they did it without a lot of skill-" Me: *Oh?* Julian: "without a lot of tact-" Me: *OH?* Julian: "And without a lot of delicacy." Me: *OH SHIT JULIAN SLAM HIS ASS*
Hey all, Just a heads up, if you aren't seeing the 4k version available give it a bit of time, the RU-vid hamsters are working hard to crank it out... it's a 10GB video after all and those little rodents can only work so hard :) . Also, with regards to the audio being too low- on my computer it was pretty darn loud but I'll keep that in mind for next time.
"The dealer sat on the painting for many years..." NO WONDER IT SPLIT YOU SHOULD NEVER SIT ON FINE ART MAYBE LEAN ON IT A LITTLE BIT BUT NEVER SIT WHAT AN AMATEUR
NO WONDER IT SPLIT, YOU SHOULD NEVER SIT ON FINE ART, MAYBE LEAN ON IT A LITTLE BIT BUT NEVER SIT. WHAT AN AMATEUR there ya go now it makes more sense with . And ,
I don't think a crack head would have either the brain power or the patience to get passed the first add break. Plus have you read the comments? These people are gold.
Dragon maid I enjoy the comments section for the wit, the humour, the lack of trolls and lack of aggressive commentators intent on making others look small, the lack of commentator spewing bad language in place of rational argument and rationality generally, it makes a nice change.✌🏻✌🏻🌹🇬🇧
Of course he wouldn't own up to it, it doesn't belong to the dealer, it's on consignment. He's not gonna admit he tore their painting and owes them thousands 😂
This painting came into the workshop looking like somebody accidentally forget it was in their trouser pocket for a year and laundered it repeatedly before remembering it. I’ve seen shopping receipts emerge from the washer and dryer in better condition than this painting at the beginning. The end restoration was INCREDIBLE! None of the splits showed in the final surface texture. All of the patches blended seamlessly. And her face looks like she’s had expensive celebrity plastic surgery. Really great results!
Whenever I watch these I think about how happy the original artist would be if they could know that their painting was being so carefully restored all these years later - and that makes me happy
Sure would like to know the final cost of a restoration like this, the cost of materials, and the total number of hours involved. I imagine the bill for this job is quite hefty.
@@Freygunnr Oh man, imagine him using his restoration techniques on himself. Maybe that's why he doesn't like animal based materials and the smell of them. :D Seriously, though. He looks like he is in his early 30s!
Baumgartner being professional: *Jokes in a professional way* *Throws shade in a professional way* *Loses his mind in a professional way* *Hits his fingers with a hammer in a professional way* *Does his videos quietly in a professional way but he doesn’t want his fans to think he’s a psychopath *
Julian needs to teach classes in throwing elegant shade. This man can destroy someone’s whole life and they’d thank him for it. We stan a polite shady legend
Bro I can't imagine in for example: In 2120 they discover a painting from 2020 and it's a meme (probably handsome sqidward.) ... I feel bad for the person who would have to write a report or essay on that and make it sound professional.
I know right, my whole mouth dropped when I saw the finishing touch, I had to skip to it and thought it would be ok, but it's fucking brilliant, it looks like it was originally as it should be, no cracks or anything. He's literally your fairy godmother with a fucking paint brush.Sometimes I'll be ok and stressed out, that I see his videos and go watch them amazed at his work.
Funny how that statement hit home with me. I rebuild old tube amplifiers as a hobby.. and I thoroughly enjoy working in absolute silence. I get so into my job at hand that I don't need distraction.
id say Chaotic Lawful or Lawful Chaotic He does his work with precision, skill, focus, and devotion Whilst destroying the image of his enemies, gathering a large following, educating and catering said following, and working for several clients
Your videos have made me realize that every old painting i've ever looked at has probably been touched and overpainted and somehow that's slightly depressing. Also, apparently no one painted their subjects as being exceptionally yellow! I'm not sure why I didn't connect that yellow = age, but here we are, me watching your restoration videos and seeing how light all these skintones really are. Fascinating.
If I remember high school Latin correctly, the title means "From many to one". If I wrote it, I would've used "E" instead of "Ex", since the next word starts with a consonant.
He should start to name his videos like that, the proper youtube way hahaha (I imagine it like: OMG!!! Mother Mary got a nose job?!?!?!?! Not clickbait)
fauzan mukadar mine was a catholic school in Dublin in the late 70s. Hated learning Latin, delivery was so dry, but it’s been useful in breaking down other languages at times.
1:14 "And that was probably the result of mishandling on the dealer's end, though the dealer did not own up to that..." Baumgartner, mentally, during the period of displeased silence: *Coward*
Right? it must be equally as awesome for the client, they get to see a blow by blow break down of everything they paid for, the love and care involved.
I think you can. The best glue, however, is unclear. I think sometimes that my mental health is held together by washi kozo and some stinky moldy fish glue 😂
This is precisely the reason I hit subscribe so quickly! Being hard of hearing, it’s the little things like this that SERIOUSLY make a difference! I don’t have to roll back and decide what he’s trying to say! Absolute God Send
LittleHappyBeing no, he has 20 years of experience as a conservator, so he is in his yearly fourties, or late thirties EDIT: misunderstood what you wrote
Okay, one question that I think about a lot when I watch your videos. We all know you beautifully fix paintings, but do you create your own paintings??
Im deep in the depths of a mental breakdown and these videos never fail to give me a sense of calm and restore my equilibrium. Nothing more calming than listening to a master craftsman patiently explain his incredible work. Thank you Julian
I find great peace in watching Julian take something that once beautiful but which is now damaged and then restore it to wholeness and beauty again. It’s a parable of sorts to the way with help we ourselves can be restored to wholeness and beauty. May God bless you on your way to peace.
I hope life is being kinder to you now. I have depressive episodes - I didn't watch this video to help address them, I'm interested in old paintings and their restoration: but I did find it entirely absorbing, and it helped restore my faith in humanity. All the best.
So like I've already watched this one but I swear its an experience I can keep watching without being bored (as long as I see other ones in between of course)
I felt that for the blue tinted cloth on Mama Mary yo. I felt like the blue needed more vividness on the highlighted part of the blue cloth, but hey from afar, the colors blended well so I guess I shouldn't complain? Yoinks.
That's how painting works, you apply different colors in layers, which blend to produce the final effect. He has tons of experience. Also, the ink he uses is reversible, so if he gets into a dead-end, he can just remove everything and repatch the area.
I feel one day maybe centuries down the line a conservator will be given this painting because it has become dirty and needs retouching so he is gonna take it off the stretcher and begin removing all this varnish and old retouching paint and is gonna have a heart attack at the extent of the damage
I have to imagine he documents the work he does. He so deliberately uses materials and techniques that can be removed, having a rundown of what adhesives and paints were used would be helpful to the next conservator and i bet he provides that to the client.
After retouching you Could hardly Identify it. Looks Like IT was airbrushed in China . The original is of little Quality, probably Stolen from a small chapel.
You took a totally trashed,broken, practically worthless and uncared for piece of art, put a lot of love, time and care into it, and made it whole again. Thankyou.
