Statue Restoration: A "how to" query. Statue repair and restoration - no different than any other artwork restoration. There is no universal formula. It depends on the condition of the piece. And of course - what the piece is. Different materials in different states of decay or damage all require a different approach. There is no getting around it. Knowing the correct course, and skillfully executing the correct protocols - require much practice. You can buy a book that will show you where to place your fingers on a keyboard - but the competent and pleasing playing - that requires practice. You can buy books on how to repair plaster, concrete, marble and wood. You can take pottery classes that will instruct on the application of paint. You can you-tube folks using airguns or airbrushes or addressing statue lips with tiny paint brushes. The bottom line is the net result. The work of the amateur is always obvious. The best and quickest way to gauge your progress is to compare your work to a master craftsman's. That is not easy because you must first identify a master craftsman. Years in the business? Body of work? Comparison of their work with others in the craft? The work of the master craftsman is always obvious.

The piece is a life-size reinterpretation of Michelangelo's Pieta. The statue surface was restored and repainted using layers of transparent glazes and proprietary blends of oils in Renaissance and traditional colors. The result is a stunning and riveting realism. The statue is alive. You cannot help but feel the mother's pain as she holds the body of her dead son. Now this is the work of a master craftsman. www.ecclesiastical-artist.com.

If you came to me with a tooth ache, we could go out to the shed.  I would select a tiny bit for the dremmel and drill a hole in the offending tooth.  Then I would fill the hole with spackling.  Technically, this is exactly what a dentist would do, but your tooth would still hurt.  Because I am not a dentist.

Same way with painting.  Anyone can pop a paint lid, insert a brush, and smear color across a surface -  that does not make them a painter.  It certainly does not make them an artist.

www.ecclesiastical-artist.com.  Statue repair.  Statue restoration.  Church renovation.  Now here is an artist.