Me spraying windex on my windows: And now we'll take this mild solvent and remove some of this old surface grime. This is always exciting because it's the first time in years we'll get to see what the original artist intended for us to see.
You know because the camera isn't directly placed in Julian's eyesight rather its placed slightly above, this feels more like Julian is giving me a piggyback ride while letting me watching him work.
I need a "painting owner reacts to their restored painting" series because if I turned in that brown blob mess and got back blue sky, birds, and cows.... I'd be flipping out when I picked it up
This is EXACTLY what I was thinking. Imagine this painting has been in the family for generations and even though you're not partial to brown blob paintings you know everyone has talked about how important the painting is. One day you decide to "have it cleaned up a bit" and you are handed back an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT painting!!
@@techpriestsalok8119 Maybe I should have prefixed my Joke as a Joke. At the very least to hopefully make you smile. It wasn't meant as I wanted proof it was mine.
@@rupertbear4447 I understood it as a joke, the thought just occurred to me because I was wondering how he came up with the idea for his channel at the same time I read your comment, and then thought the idea was worth sharing.
I just watched the entire un-narrated ASMR version, thinking that this was Julian's way of telling us our training is complete. He trusts us to understand everything without any explanations. Now i see this video exists 🤦
Wait. An ASMR version? What!?? I want to see one of the just cleaning videos. Removing all of the old stuff. And just shows side by side before and after I really want to see one!
I think mr baumgartner himself gets amped when a client walks in with a toasted-looking brown-ass painting like "those nerds on youtube are gonna love this"
In sewing, we call scraps of fabric "cabbage" (don't ask me why) and your tub of Belgium linen would be your cabbage patch. This make me happy sometimes. I thought maybe it would make you happy as well :)
I saw a RU-vidr ‘conserving’ a badly flaking painting who flipped the bare canvas “hoping” that not too much paint would be lost. 😧I was frozen, wondering why she wasn’t using washi kozo rather than risking more damage.... Immediately I thought, “I’m not subscribing to you, chickadee.... 🤭
When the birds appeared I was amused that I couldn't even see them in the sky before. When the cows appeared I was amazed and was like, "There were cows?!"
It is so nice of Julian to acknowledge different things he has received from viewers or advice he has taken. Like putting a block of wood under the weight. As a sewist, that was the first thing I thought of when he was using only steel. Wood helps absorb any moisture that might be released from the heat.
@@ntptjello5896 Sometimes, anyway. Don’t use it to glue carpet to metal poles though, it’s against building codes in some places. I speak from experience removing said “adhesive” 😬
@@GuiSmith guess it should only be used when you don't want to remove it later 😅 Polyurethane can be used in the manufacture of many products though Like rigid foam insulation panels, durable elastomeric wheels and tires (such as roller coaster, escalator, shopping cart, elevator, and skateboard wheels)
I CANNOT properly express just how UTTERLY satisfying it is to watch the perfectly sized lengths of Belgian Linen appear from the scrap bucket. Not just that they are the perfect size but the fact that he saves the cast offs and they get to be heroes later. It's just so good.
Jokes on you, I don't watch these videos for the final product; I watch them because I really enjoy learning about art conservation and hearing you walk us through the whole process. The finished paintings are beautiful, what you do for them and the original artist is amazing, but the process, the technique, the care and respect put into these pieces; that's where the real magic is. So happy I found your channel!
I think it is more the people who use Elmer's on paintings, it is a good glue in its right place, it's just that its right place isn't on the back of a painting..
Better than them randomly lying everywhere. Just had another flat on my Segway from a small construction nail. Its irritating how Contractors get sloppy and just let materials fly everywhere and not clean up as they go.
@@KoraRubin it is hoarding if you never use it. All hoarding starts with “this might be useful some day” and then 20 years later it’s still in the same draw because as it turns out along with the other thousand things you thought might be useful, really wasn’t useful
@@Nukle0n client are a type of customer... the term that you are looking for isnt customer but consumer.. but definition is a moot point because the end result is the same, if your client arent happy, they wont hire you again therefore lose of income, if a consumer wasnt happy with your product, they wont buy your product again, therefore lose of income. not keeping either client happy or consumer happy will give you the same result. just ask hollywood and how much studio like disney lose money last year for making a product that doesnt make theirs consumer happy. hell, just ask bud light what happen when you piss off your whole consumer base.
Mesmerized for 37 minutes (even the SquareSpace ad makes me want to start some kind of web page), then spend another 30 minutes reading fan comments. Julian, you are a master enchanter.
You got excited over the tiny birds. I on the other hand was over the moon when I saw the cows. Love watching the cleaning process. It like a treasure hunt. Thank You very much.
Dear George F. 👍👌👏😁 Yeah, it seems that he really appreciates this wonderful handle and doesn't want to wear it down by using it. ;-) Best regards, luck and health.
after watching that, don't blame him. all i could thick of is some hack taking a bottle of that glue and just coating the back and applying the cardboard like a preschool art project.
In fact I have to watch many videos twice as I often fall asleep by the sound of Julians voice. Doesn't mean it is boring! Tried to hit the like button multiple times but still only works once...
It feels like the painting was living in a little smokey/thick aired room and when it's cleaned it took it's first breath of fresh spring air in a very long time
I once watched a video of cows who had been shut up in a barn all winter let out in the spring. Your comment reminded me of their delight and happiness.
I started watching your videos 1 year ago and now im in the process of applying to a conservator school bc i love it so much. Thank you for making your videos, bc without them i would have never found a so perfect education for me!
Or have someone send him one that is explicitly meant to fall apart and watch him panic as the paint starts degrading right before his eyes while he's cleaning it.
If I came here just for the before/after shot, you could have just a Twitter or Instagram ;) Pretty sure most of us come for the calming voice and the extremely satisfying work you put in every painting and video.
oh my god. I thought the image was a sunset scene and I was just expecting badly discolored varnish hiding the vibrant yellows and oranges. it's a daylight scene. I have never been happier to be wrong.
Could it be that at some point a brownish tint was added to the shellac? I've heard of paintings being intentionally darkened to give them a moody 'romantic' patina.
I have watched a metal and an antique doll restorer and now you. All of you have my admiration. I do needlework, but the patience each of you have is amazing!!!!!!!!!
My will to live is fed by a soft-spoken fine art restorer and his wholesome fanbase made up by wildly supportive young adults ( edit: + many awesome people who may not be ya but def rock) ... The bright side of the internet :')
Please, someone, make this game! But not the computer one. Something like a small chemist's set... We all wants to be Julian for a day ;) and roast staples, Elmer's glue, overpainting and excess patching! :)
The Julian’s eye view is fabulous. May we please see it again from time to time in the future? Much love for your continued search for showing us new and interesting presentations as well as knowledge. It’s a lovely thing to feel part of the Baumgartner community. I myself am part of the subset of “saving scraps of things for future use”. 💕🐝
I watch Julian not only for his soothing voice but because I love seeing dirty paintings like this one come back to life under the shade that he so delicately throws.
Omg! This painting is so beautiful! Who knew it would be this when you started. There were animals by the water! MULTIPLE ANIMALS! This is why I love this channel. It always amazes me.
OMG, this really happened to us when we cleaned out dad's work bench - 4 coffee cans filled with old bent, rusty nails. My husband takes after him, only he stores his old nails in plastic water bottles. Go figure.
"So, after poking myself in the finger" (insert numerous references to The Brawler) "This is ridiculous" Julian has the best educational, entertaining, yet calming content all in one
I can imagine Banksy painting a normal-looking painting, but only using reversible archival paints from the start, just to irritate anyone trying to restore the painting later. :D
Julian consistently going over the reasons for all of his steps in each video gives me an idea of the comfort and fancy that repetition in oral traditions gave listeners
Love this interesting connection. I feel it now too. I gave a little gasp when I read it, but that’s probably just me; I love learning and insight. Much love. 💕🐝
I'm studying storytelling right now, and I totally agree with your comment. Oral tradition is so different from written word. It's an art in its own right. And Julian continues to own these stories he tells about his work. That's part of what makes them so satisfying and so magical. We keep coming back for more!
I started to think of the comfort of repetition to be similar to watching a favorite movie over and over, but now considering oral story telling feels a lot more precise. I didn’t know it was something I was missing
I used to work in the printing trade, and my job was primarily about colour-matching with pigments to create proofs that would then be used as a reference by the printer for the final output. I did it for nearly 8 years. Let me tell you, the way that Julian can go in instantly on a midtone grey, combining all the colours for a shade that would be noticeably off if half a percent of tint were wrong ... it's a skill.
I use to fold laundry to Julians voice. I have hurt my back today so I was laying straight flat on my bed, had my phone on one side and the laundry on the other side, fold on my stomach and still could see and hear everything Julian was saying.😄👍 Much more nicer to do a boring thing when Julian talks. 🤩
@@Soken50 You jest, but there are centuries old wallpapers that are conserved all the time that were hand printed back in the day. People also will hand paint plaster to match when sections are lost.
Julian, Because of you and this amazing fanbase you have built up I decided to go and visit my cit art gallery for the first time in 2 decades. My only memories of it were being bored while my hippie girlfriend at the time was admiring all the abstract art. But after binging your videos over the last few days I was able to truly enjoy the art on display. I remember seeing a print of the General Hamilton painting and just staring at it for what felt like an eternity and being lost in it, Eventually, a wandering employee came over and began speaking to me to make sure I was ok, I mentioned your channel and how it gave me a new appreciation for fine art and how good it felt to just admire the work. So thank you for introducing this old nonart fan to a new world
Nah, Jazza saved them from a landfill in the near future. XP His solution was epic, if not actual restoration/conservation. (Yes, I'm also one of those people who makes art out of dumpster books. XP)
I'm sure he would be both horrified at the destruction of art, but happy for the repurposing of art that would have otherwise been thrown away. This made me laugh. XD
I love Jazza but I hated that video 😶 if one of my paintings ended up in a thrift store and I saw something like that being done to it I think I would cry.
I thought that I had watched every episode from when I discovered Julian's channel in lockdown 2020 - how did I miss this gem? It's great to see the restoration from Julian's own perspective!
When Julian started talking about the planar distortions and felt the need to explain because his audience might not speak conservator: yes. Yes we do.
These are so well done. When a creator can present their craft in a way that someone who typically doesn't care, then does; you're a gifted teacher and passionate about your work.
It's kinda like with loving and respect. If you don't love/respect yourself first, you won't be able to do the same to others. In this case, if you don't enjoy your work and aren't good at it, others won't care, others won't be interested.
Just wanted to put in that your explanation of technique gave me the ability to save a housepainter's skin this past week, as on a job I was called in to do some trompe l'oeil, I was quietly pulled aside and pointed in the direction of a brand new built in wall cabinet.. that was made of a very strange, distressed wood with a three part finish - and a corner which had been accidentally hit with white enamel oil paint. The painter, in his attempt to clean off the wood, took not only the paint off, but the finish, and a good portion of the grain texture on the surface of the cabinet corner. Oh dear. Color-matching with artists pigments and a bit of a clear product called Floetrol and stippling with a smalll brush - intimating the original grain, shadows and highlights.. And from standing in front of the cabinet, looking up, it was all-but invisible. Indeed the paintings being cleaned as in this one - are glorious, but the real icing on the cake in these videos is you sharing your technique - as you are so correct: From a distance, a good restorer/conservator seeks to obscure - not remove (which is impossible) - the damage. I get a lot from your videos, your explanations are spot on and informative. Thank you.
Not much understand of art but I really do enjoy your videos . I am person with depression so your voice and your videos make me feel much better . Keep going ❤️❤️
I now kind of just want a whole series of videos of Julian removing grimy shellac from a series of paintings. It's the "cleanly coloring a coloring book" feel. The "vacuuming the carpet that makes the patterns" feel. A third thing feel.
The new format is NOT ridiculous, it's wonderful! Of course it won't work for every painting. This one was perfect for it. And your headpiece looks very First Temple.
When he started removing the shellac at first I honestly thought he had messed up and removed all the paint down to the bare canvas, such a DRASTIC difference.
