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My dad painted an acrylic portrait of my son when my boy was 9, holding our puppy. The family loved the portrait. A few years later, my dad updated it and painted over it. I gasped when I saw it... the open free expression on the face was gone, the figure was taller, the colors were paler. Even the dog looked less cute.

My dad passed three years ago, and we are just now divvying up the art. Neither me nor my daughter can bear to take this version....

Is there any way I can take off the revision? I may have seen too many art restoration videos and heard too many "there was a Renoir underneath this landscape I bought at a yard sale," but what do you think? What would i even use?

I can't seem to get it all in there without making a big mess and wasting globs.

Through this wonderful forum, I found her website, but nothing on her method of oil pastel and pencil. Is there a video where she demonstrates?

Years ago, a character on a TV show was scoffing g at her classes in art school, saying that she had to practice making circles over and over until she could do that perfectly the first time.

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That doesn't seem ridiculous to me, but what do you learn in art school... I know at schools like SCAD and RISD there are majors in graphic design and digital art. I'm asking about an art academy or an atelier.

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My dad went to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art in the 50s. I wonder what it was like.

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Thanks in advance.

The beiges are too yellow, and the pinks are too pink. I've tried blending light layers, but the first layer always dominates. Any advice?

I put my first pencil in and gave it a few cranks and thought I had forgotten to tighten something, because cranking was so easy and quiet. I was used to the old school Boston sharpeners from school days, where you really had to muscle it, and the noise was loud and grindy.

Then I took the pencil out. Holy moly, after 8 cranks it was needle sharp! This sharpener works BEAUTIFULLY!

Do I had to buy the 150. 30% off if you're on the mailing list.