Above is a beautiful miniature painting by Robert Liberace. He painted John, a popular model at the Art League, during the "paint like Velasquez" workshop I took two weekends ago. He painted it on copper to show how to use metal surfaces. At the end of the class he sells his demos. Interested students put their names in a hat and he draws winners. I won the drawing to purchase this gorgeous painting...what luck. It is 5 x 7". One important thing about painting on copper, it oxidizes, which can change the entire painting since the copper is peaking through. Luckily he told me how to avoid that-- by putting retouch varnish on it (he said Kamar is fine) after the paint has dried. I have done that and now will be searching for the perfect frame.
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