looking for some help on identifing a oil painting

January 9th, 2010, 04:29 PM

does the fact that the paint is raised on the canvas mean it is a real oil painting or was there a process to make this appear as a painting, i beleive it is a real oil painting but i do not know of all reproduction processes
thanks roy please help

John · January 9th, 2010, 07:01 PM

Yes, there have been mechanical processes designed to create real-looking brushstrokes. And there are a lot of Chinese copyists busily at work painting whatever you want for a few hundred bucks.

January 9th, 2010, 04:29 PM	#1
roynix Posts: n/a	looking for some help on identifing a oil painting does the fact that the paint is raised on the canvas mean it is a real oil painting or was there a process to make this appear as a painting, i beleive it is a real oil painting but i do not know of all reproduction processes thanks roy please help

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January 9th, 2010, 07:01 PM	#2
John John Malyon, host Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,401	Yes, there have been mechanical processes designed to create real-looking brushstrokes. And there are a lot of Chinese copyists busily at work painting whatever you want for a few hundred bucks.