Why We Choose This And Not That; Restoring A Baroque Painting Part 2 

J Miller 😂

Haha I love when he SLAMS the long dead previous restorers

@@thomasrquintero In their defense, what they did may have been perfectly acceptable for their time and only now is considered sloppy work due to advances in materials/techniques. Or on the other hand I'm just a guy in his underwear sitting at his computer watching another guy fix paintings.

If you hear it then he was honestly so sassy in this episode

The shade he was throwing in this episode 🤣🤣 "That's not how I run my business" 🔥🔥🔥

Callie Masters I lolled

Hey, he doesn't do everything by scratch. He pointed out that with some things a homemade product would be inferior, so he uses a pre-made, quality product. Sooo... DiGiorno?

but instead i opt for watching this video instead and indeed set the priorities straight. Baumgartner video > cooking non-sloppily

@@sarahcoleman5269 maybe he's buying the salami... in Italy

EPİC

Yah I watched this at 3 am so I’m not all awake and that part about cutting the painting in half really caught me off guard. Seriously one of the best jokes I’ve heard in a while, really got me

@@sarahdonat6243 same. I think with this voice and narration style, he could tell me anything and it would sound perfectly reasonable to me

Still reeling over here. Dude's wild.

i wouldnt even say serious, he’s Passionate abt his job

This made me wonder what a parody video by Hugbees (of How It’s Actually Made fame) would have been like.

I'd watch that video!

Hell I'd watch that video

I lolled at this

love this

It’s amazing how Julian’s voice gets into out heads, isn’t it?!?! 👂🏻🧔🏻

mood

Wish they could be filled with fill-in medium and retouched

I heard that certain professionals could somewhat help with that depending on the nature of those cracks.

LMAO MOOD

You and me both honey.

After that we will trace the kidnappers and staple them! OK, whatever gets handy, we can also use our nail guns to free him!

New safe word: "staples".

I almost fainted.....

@@URAUNTSANDI 🤣🤣😂

Ha ha ha! 😀

Are you ok?

@@lemon3942 Covid-19, blm, none of us is ok.

Bob Ross reference

@@MorgaineRiddlePrince It's ok, we'll find a cure, and all minorities will get justice, we're in this together, never alone

Bob Ross ❤️

What? You used a spoon 🤷🏻‍♀️ . Not savage at all.

A spoon!? How civilized !

After Julian said that, he tried to be good to the previous conservator by saying first that he could have also done that...then he ends it by saying that that would be a sloppy work... If he is a little bad and straightforward he could have said : "F*ck that damn barbarian conservator and his sloppy work! Why leave tacks under the tacks! Or maybe he does say these things behind the camera...hahahaha... everytime he sees a sloppy idiot's work! Hahaha.. Kudos Julian...

I was feeling really down but reading these comments has made me laugh so much that I’m starting to feel better 😀

😂

And then actually sawing the painting at the end!

And redoing all the painting putting all of his style as he please, creating a new frame.

With oil paint accents!

i wish i could thumb up this comment 500 times

I would love to see this so bad 😯

Yeees

I’ve been calling for this video for ages.

That would be interesting

Yes.

As an art conservator, I can tell you that is not as glamorous as it may seem, most of the time we are close to chemicals figuring out which solvent to use and so. What you all see on this channel is just the final part of an intervention.

drinking game: take a shot every time he says "but I think that looks sloppy"

My heart actually stuttered when he said that

"Sewing should be as good on the inside as the front" I'll remember that!

@@respectpotatoes she once gave a piece of cross stitch I had done to some one to look at and they were really impressed....then she turned it over and said...oh that's the back. The lady's jaw dropped. It also made framing the pieces easier as no lumps and no knots! Knots were a major no no!

@@skwervin1 That was always a struggle of mine when I began crossstitching, and even now. I jump around a bit and can sometimes knot the thread without realizing, causing bumps and a messy back, meanwhile my mom just has naturally organized backs on her cross stitched pieces and I don't know how. 😅 Maybe one day I'll be that good, but if it doesn't present an active issue upon the finishing of a project (ie a lump or knot so large its obvious upon being framed) then I'll attempt to fix it, otherwise I'll just move forward. Massive respect to anyone more meticulous than I.

@@skwervin1 see my gran was the opposite type, she drilled efficient use of materials into me, so while by back is very clean and the image supremely clear, (no knots! no dragging threads all over) to cross the back would have caused heart attacks. I relied on vert/hrzt stitches on the back, so whole rows at once with the drops the only place you'd see a diagonal.

@@tomboy2980 one way to avoid inadvertent knots is to drop your needle and let it dangle while it un/re-winds to let the thread reach the proper twist for itself. Spun threads have a twist and when we stitch it tends to get tighter (though on occasion it will come undone and the strands start to separate and unravel) and when you twist a thread too much, it will start to twist back onto itself which can lead to self knotting.

Yeah- the inside joke game is strong

This is where I breathe, laugh again, and find joy that life is often lacking.

ikr. This is the most wholesome community

We don't go there. On this channel we know staples are the devil's footprints.

@Kat Harper Dearest fellow-art-lover. (Apologies to everyone else as I'm hijacking this comment thread). I am indeed NOT in the USA but in South Africa. We have our fair share of problems due to insanely high unemployment and poverty, with other epidemics like TB and Aids to contend with but for the most part, we are standing together as a nation. Wearing masks, social distancing in the 'middle and higher class' areas where it is possible. No Mask No Entry is what you see here in retail and everyone seems to be adhering to that at least. My heart goes out to everyone in the USA and I seem to be emotionally and psychologically invested in what goes on there. I cry for every life lost. I sympathise with every covid-survivor who deals with lasting physical effects. For a country that has to fight against injustice and tyranny while it mourns. Be safe. Be well.

Welcome to the dark side. That's how we all ended up here ... :D

You have become one of us. One Of Us. One Of Us.

Welcome

Yeah that’s about right. Five vids done so far

No help needed! Welcome to the Baumgartner side of the Force!

Hahaha 👍💪😂😂

Said in the style of Chaucer is "A Knight's Tale".....

he protec, he attac, but most importantly, he use tac

@@randyscorner9434 literally how I read it

Shhh don’t tell anyone but sometimes I start to drift off and awake as I’m about to drop my iPad lol

🤣😂🤣

🧐😌😏

+++

*Gasp* Masochists

Doesn’t everyone?

@@micheller8208 You're a monster

hahaha Excellent

Wait... Is that... Not how you do puzzles?? I am confusion.

i had a whole mid-life crisis

Both of our Art Dads making isolation a little bit easier for us all

Can you time stamped it?

@@aimanyusof8863 23:13 right after he finishes retouching the clouds

@@sofiaabreu146 thanks buddy.

I came here to say this. The Bob Ross nod made me smile.

THE CENSOR OMG

Will you include a supply of security blankets for viewing conservators to hug? 'Cause otherwise you're just terrible ;)

A true villain. You probably put the toilet roll on wrong on purpose too. Some people just want to watch the world burn.

redwitch12 The security blankets are also coated in polyurethane and must be chipped out to use.

@@MarlonBitoy EVIL.

I'm not even a conservator, and this HURT TO READ.

LFMAODKKF THIS MADE ME LAUGHH

Lmfaooooo

LMTO ME EXACTLY

Yes hahahah

Yeah I did a double take when he said that

But whittling carefully, with a slightly dulled scalpel and paying close attention to detail so he doesn't leave a deficit that will need to be filled in and retouched with an overabundance of shade. That would just be sloppy and excessive.

@@sonipitts hahah why yes, oh so sloppy

You are encouraging being mean, You get joy from him bringing down others?

@@Alex-rw9nn im enjoying him pointing out the fallacies so that future generations can do better. I would say he is probably the most diplomatic critic I have ever seen. That's quite a ways away from being "mean"

@@brazilianjk okay thanks, I think that I am going to disagree based on your original comment and the way it is worded, but maybe it was just worded that way for the pun. Thank you for clarifying for me, even if I dont understand fully where you are coming from I really like hearing other people's perspectives

@Laughing Gravy That's an image I am truly grateful to have been given.

That would be an excellent April Fool's joke.

Snorted coffee🤣😂 Danger level for a Baumgartner video is getting high....☠

Reminds me of Fonzie and his inability to say " worrr..." LOL

😹😂😹😂🙋🏻‍♀️

well, my grandmother for example has double door in her flat

@@danielchmiel7787 interesting... but why tho? 🤔

@@nana_alderweireld_coys no idea. safety, maybe? aesthetics?

I was thinking finding wallpaper under wallpaper...

Julien has led me to expect a higher standard, and I was actually shocked. They did what!

Same. 😚💋☺

ikr

It's sensuous

Actual mood tho

I know right? I think it’s the level of care, dexterity and knowledge that makes it that way. Add his looks to the mix and we’re done for!

Wish I could, but I can't. Well can, but won't. Should maybe, but shorn't.

If you have a drink every time he said "I could" you would get drunk very fast.

❤

Its a good lesson and philosophy. Do your best work you can be proud of even if it takes a little more time :)

Julian used to be a parasol on his previous life. ALL THAT SHADE IS EPIC!

An endless supply of Integrity! haha

I did think he overdid it, but the end result is outstanding.

Oliver Koura - That was the whole point of this video series. He deliberately did that to show us his reasoning behind the choices he makes.

@Patty Nielsen" You're hearing this music, right? Wanna know how to play this music? Skillshare." Music continues, Video continues. That was the whole ad.

Oh heck, YES!! 😝😚💋

@Taps fan much better

I have been there myself. Never thought it could happen, but grief shows itself in many unexpected ways. It took some time, but I found that if the drive to create is truly innate, it will return. Things like this helped me too, and I hope that by now, 2 years on, it has for you too.

😊🙏

I read this comment as he was saying it 😂

❤️

instant death

underrated comment XD

Laying in bed eating, Snack a Jacks 🤣🤣.

This is accurate 😂

Sweet Tarts and birthday suit.

Now that's a personal attack 😂

Tea and dry Cheerios in my nightshirt. Twynings (the best in tea bags) Irish Breakfast. Organic "cheerios" from a local Amish market. My mother's old nightshirt. 💖

I could get up and exercise but I have no intention of doing so.

I have been summoned

I'm quickly becoming a centralised HVAC system.

The owner of this painting is watching this video.

@Omar Sukhon He has addressed this in prior videos. He'll never answer this question because his clients tend to be very private people and this is very private information between him and the client.

@Laughing Gravy You're a Laurel and Hardy fan.

@Omar Sukhon i think you should reach out to him via email or his website. having it posted on youtube publicly would be inappropriate

A restoration like that would cost you ONE MILLION DOLLARS! and would be done in "two weeks".

Have you ever seen those paintings of baby Jesus looking like a miniature grown ass man? They’re so creepy yet hilarious. Especially if they throw in some rock-hard abs

@@sweetiedahling8137 I believe its because the church at the time pressed the idea that babies were full of sin, so the more adult an infant in a painting looked, the less sin is implied to reside within the baby. So jesus, who has no sin at all, has an adult body with a baby face

Haven't you noticed the riot? A joyful riot though.

If he ever uses staples the comment section would start world war 3 with him just saying "staples are inferior"

Jenna marble voice ‘’ JULIAN’’

@@Dancinfanz Yaaaaa, miss her tho..

I pray that one..say on April 1 he uses an old looking painting that isnt worth anything and do a 'hack job' on it using staples and all the 'wrong' techniques etc..would be a riot to see everyone blow up ahaha

Do we think he could do a restoration on the world? I know I could do with an interleaved lining for extra support...

Andrew Lang a girl can dream.

He's helping restore the natural order of things.

Well criminals and tax dodgers still need their money laundered. So the art world is doing just fine

@@MrAndrewlang I volunteer as tribute.

No, he's spitting facts

True true

i think he only does it for rly big paintings where it would be annoying to keep going back for more tacks

Yes! This! 😊

john maclean is shaking

The only collab I ever want to see!

😂😂😂😂😂 OMG, a Baumgartner/McLean collab would be insane. Just imagine Julian removing all the old makeup, cleaning, filling in, retouching and finishing John's face until the literal Platonic ideal of SEAMLESSNESS is achieved. 😯 "Now, I could have opted to skip the primer, but then I couldn't be sure the foundation would set properly and it might smudge. So I'll just apply a light layer using cotton swabs, covering each area of the face individually so as to make sure each section has exactly the amount it needs and no more."

@@harloewestwood4223 Can you imagine?? Julian restores the art and John lacquers a frame. That would be the most relaxing, joyful thing 😊

he *really* couldn't keep a straight face huh

@@magibear357 I mean he said that he’d combust into flames and so would his studio leaving behind a black hole 🕳

10:39

If only the Louvre would get in touch ! He would do such a great job.

If only

He actually said in another video that that painting is just so overhyped and politicized he would never get near it.

sandra wise thats a fake one🤷‍♂️🙄 we all know...

Johnny until he gets payed for it.

I know, right!!! Loved it. More please 🤗🤗🙏

He's said in some videos that he uses solvents to keep the paints wet if he needs to

let's be honest, julian has no problem keeping anything wet

Segues. Segways are machines you ride n lol 🌹

@@katehobbs2008 Right, thanks 😂

Or take a shot every time he say “I could..”

​@@tobeinabrownstudy1950 Good God!! Are you trying to get people killed??? 😉😛

Crowbars2 you’re encouraging unkindness, you enjoy the unkindness?

@@Alex-rw9nn I've seen you with this exact same reply, on multiple comments. Get off your passive aggressive high horse. Whoever did the previous work on this painting was sloppy, lazy, and disrespectful, not only to the owner of the painting, but to the artist who created the painting, and to their own image. It is an unkindness to allow that level of ridiculousness to go unaccounted for. If someone would have pointed out to the previous conservator that his or her work was subpar, it might have been 'unkind' at that moment, but the person might have learned from it, and tried to better themselves and their work. Constructive criticism is not an unkindness. Also, it would have been unkind for Julian to allow non-conservators, his audience, to believe that making a mess like that was 'just how someone else might do it', giving the impression that it was an acceptable way of operating. It is never acceptable to work at a subpar level, and then act like everything is fine. That's participation trophy mentality bring dragged into the workplace. Julian made all of those points obvious to his audience subtly, and without being unnecessarily rude. Yes, that is an enjoyable skill to behold!

That guy is dead now anyway.

@@BoudicaMara I believe I only commented it twice, but I hear you. I suppose mostly I am exhausted of the internet and others rewarding negative behavior, and maybe this wasn't the right comment for it, but I dislike the 'Yasss Julian roast them!!' Comments because i feel like they want him to be more sharp about every mistake that the previous conservator made, that instead of his calm explaining they want him to be mean, I know I totally said it wrong in my first comment, I should have taken the time to figure out how to articulate it right. I also feel like they might be misinterpreting what Julian means, because they exaggerate what he says. Maybe it's just my autism that is giving me a struggle. But in general I am tired of the world rewarding bad behavior, like people angrily pass me all the time, or tailgate me when I am driving the speed limit, I am made to feel bad for doing something good, and feel good if I do speed and therefore do something bad. I know it isn't a big deal, but its the most basic thing, and I feel like the same rings true for a lot of things where it is easy to do the right thing, people just blast past the right thing, because the wrong thing is easy too. I feel like with a lot of internet people we encourage them to be worse, we reward them for doing bad things, and then we are shocked when they do something truly horrible. So I guess I don't want julian to become like those people, influenced by the positive feedback for roasting someone (obviously he isnt roasting them now, but if this reinforcement continues..you get it) until he becomes unrecognizable. I hope I guess that its understandable now, and it's alright if you still loathe me and all. Love love, hope you are alright man.

So true ! 😂👍

If only.

Such a GOOD idea!

Tom Benjamin He would remove the excess. It would be helpful.

He wouldn't touch anything beyond a certain level of disrepair, though. Couldn't help with this cursed year.

That’s what it’s like in certain creative worlds. When you run your own business the client just thinks okay I want this thing done, but they never see the behind the scenes on how it go there. And that’s what Julian shows us. (Especially when he says about doing the extra work the client never asked for but will fix the painting and make it his quality work). I relate because I have a crochet business and my clients don’t see me having to start and restart the stuffed animal a number of times to make sure it’s correct they only see the finished piece.

I think all creative jobs are like that, people think it's just a creative mind and a tool, and you get the job done, but it's far, far from that simple. To be able to create a finished product that will give you a title to your career (artist, painter, art restorator, musician, producer, director) you must be able perform a lot of other tasks and come up with solutions on the spot to any problems that you might encouter, and those solutions almost always involve knowledge from other fields. I'm a producer, people might think, all you do is make music, but forget about all the creative aspects of it, and all the musical knowledge built from years of studying music. I have a studio, I planned and built that studio, I built the desk I use myself, to acomodate my work flow and the specific gear I use, which is ever evolving, and so is my studio, always evolving. Speaking of gear, I need to know the ins and outs of those gears not only to know exactly how they work, but to be able to repair them if it's needed. I need to know about computers, how to fix them, upgrade them. I need to understand a little bit of electricity, I need to know the ins and outs of how digital audio works, I need to know the physics of audio, be able to deal with a lot of different softwares and plug ins and understand exatcly how they work and what they do. And so on...

Honestly just sounds like fun to me

People like him are relentless. They could be working on a colouring book and still hold the same standard.

"I'm helping!"

@@kbowler9266 Yeah, but even people like that appreciate having cheerleaders

When he said "But c'mon, you guys know me better than that" my heart melted. 5:10

@@veralenora7368 Senpai noticed us!