- mouldings and ornaments
- exquisite patinas
- a mouldmaking service
- painted copies and originals
- beautifully sculpted frames
- and rather a lot more….
- mouldings and ornaments
- exquisite patinas
- a mouldmaking service
- painted copies and originals
- beautifully sculpted frames
- and rather a lot more….
To compose a series of eight paintings for a dining room very closely based on four paintings exhibited in the Chinese Kamer – Chinese Room – at the Museum Geelvinck – Hinlopen in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
The original paintings were designed and painted by Cornelius t’Kind’s studio in the 18th Century.
- research and photograph the original paintings in the museum.
- create eight compositions, using the elements of the four original paintings, to fit the client’s dining room walls and doors.
- make the eight paintings in oil on canvas with gold leaf decorations.
Creating The Compositions
Realising The Paintings
Realising The Paintings
The main pictorial elements were copied from the original paintings, though compositionally rearranged to fit the format of the new paintings. Thus the style, technique and main visual elements are the same as those of the originals.
All parts of the picture were painted in with basic flat colours – “local” colour without any dark or light tones.
This done, everything was then painted with it’s shadow tones and then the highlights, and lastly a layer of colour accents was added to all parts.
All parts of the picture were painted in with basic flat colours – “local” colour without any dark or light tones.
This done, everything was then painted with it’s shadow tones and then the highlights, and lastly a layer of colour accents was added to all parts.
The painting technique was copied as closely as possible from those works.
The canvases were painted with the background colour and the elements outlines were drawn in with paint.
The decorative elements in gold leaf were added next. These would also have some painting on them to add little details and to tone the gold back a little.
Finally patinas were added to simulate ageing.
The paintings were installed so that two of the doors in the room open through the paintings.