so, you may ask what exactly is happening on a board,so shortly dark red group of stones are dead, cuz they have only two breath left, and light pink can take this group in two moves.Usually this kind of group called dead group, cuz its impossible to save...
(btw i just stole this position from the book ''problem of go for beginners'')
Nothing special, but for the first week, i think i will not draw for artfight, because of moving to a new flat because its summer and landlord suddenly decided to raise payment for housing
And also i still need to pass two exams
Also i think i will add my others iterator oces at the and of this week as well, (i just didn't have time for that in june...)
Quick doodeles of all the slugcats as humans, except for Inv, since I simply forgot about him lol
I tried to make the designs as diverse as possible, and I think I went a bit overboard, and they became less recognizable... But I still really like them •^•
So, how about i will show you what i was doing in university this semester? So you will understand why i have drawen so few drawing in this year... (Of course there are also the fact that i started watching cdramas in my free time, instead of drawing, but i hope we will overlook this fact...)•-•
First, warning! Really bad english, im studying in another language, so I don't know what to call any process in english, and i ll try to explain how it works, but if something is unclear, you can always ask •^•
So, in university we were conserveting this huge painting, that my classmate have goten (this painting was given her by brother of artist (unfortunately, the artist died quite a long time ago), and in his worlds was found under artist bed)
You can see in what terrible conditions this painting was... Canvas was really solid and deformed... We were joking that it s looked like palačinka (pancake, but i think that a bad translation, if you ever seen slavic one, you will see a resemblance)
So, we stared slow, and really carefully straighten this painting, you can see that at the start with really light weight and pressure, and as time went we slowly increased pressure. (Also we softened the canvas with wet clothes, which we placed under the canvas, and with the help of this moisture we made the canvas more pliable, so it can become more flat)
Then we have cleaned surfaces using the dry method (brushes and sponge). You can ask why? If you know a little bit about cleaning the surface, you know, that wet method is a lot easier.The answer lies in the paint itself, because at first we thought it was painted with oil paints (cuz of shine and smell), but as soon as we tested it with water, it turned out that paint was rubbing off!!! Then we tested it with alcohol, and again, the same thing!!!
Unfortunately, artists don't have the habit of writing on the back of a picture what kind of paint they use. In a perfect world, they would also sign the brand of paint they use... ah... Why can't artists do it...its so simple, and would save nervous of conservators :(
So, after asking the artist's brother over the phone, we learned that these are, in fact, oil paints from america, and apparently diluted with something unknown...why its diluting with water is unknown mistory...
Than we srared glueing falling pieces of the paint layer and also pieces of the three-dimensional part of this painting. Three-dimensional gusli, which are apparently made of plaster, but we are not yet sure of this, we will have to verify this through analysis, which will happen today, professionals from another country, with equipment have arrived to our university,
Fan fact we had a lot of lectures from professionals from differents countries in this semester. They were sharing their knowledge and approaches in conservation!its so interesting! •∆•
Than we stared gluing more unstable paint layers and holes in canvas with japan papers which are smeared with a mixture of Beve (I don't remember its number) which is diluted in white spirit, then with the help of a small iron, this papers are sticks to the surface, so that when we turn this picture over, they do not fall off, and at the edges where there are torn parts, so they will not tear even more.
We started doing all this in end of february, and you can see how this painting became flat over time!
Now we need to glue this painting to new canvas (idk how this procedure is named in english),so we can pull onto the frame this piece, and we will start doing it this week! And after that procedure, we would left only with restoration of this art! •^•
When you think you will never watch digital circus in cinema cuz you live in small european country, but than you see your country in new glitch post, and now you are happiest person in the world
I am back and also alive from a january exams! And i have finally time to draw! I hope, cuz in this semester ive stared have a more intense classes (for example, i finally have a conservation and restoration of painting! And this is finally practice, not theory!)
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