Adrift - When Rhythm Becomes Rut and How to Chart a Course Home

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There can be poetry in any project; the image, the required work and the process of conservation. This painting of a few poor souls adrift, heavily damaged and worse for wear perfectly mirrors this moment in the studio where motivation is waning, the impetus to focus and dive into complicated projects just isn't there and a general malaise has settled. So how does one find a way to drum up energy and interest, how does one chart a course home... well, you'll just have to watch to find out.
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[@PyromanicNytemair]

"And I don't want any of you to fall asleep" excuse me, sir, the number of times I've rewatched the second conservation of anne to combat insomnia is between myself and youtubes data collection.

[@madzilla6812]

Wow this is so specific, are we the same person 😂

[@lizmalcom3214]

I have met my twin!

[@Sincyn241]

And you know it’s bad when I click play on the Wood It Were So Simple playlist.

[@meeseification]

Or I keep waking up and hit replay to get back to sleep...

[@Johanna.J]

Same! I always come back to Anne!

[@swimmingpigeon7034]

Julien explaining everything else: *detailed plans and strategies on how it best conserves the painting* Julien explaining the chalk: It makes me feel fancy

[@jamessylviasyracuse-little865]

The chalk is to Julian as his videos are to us.

[@41tinman41]

Hey man, sometimes…you just need to feel fancy. You already know.

[@gr1mrea9er82]

Its Julian... like the calendar... He's not a French dairy farmer.

[@Soken50]

@@gr1mrea9er82 Do you know how that calendar is named in French ? That's right, le calendrier Julien, named after Julius Caesar, from which we got the 'modern' Julien, Julian [ as well as Jules, Juliette, julietta, Juliana, Julie and so on ]. Nitpicking over which orthography is correct is as pointless as bickering over steven, stefen, stephen, they're virtually indentical. Greetings from William [ or Wilhelm, Guillaume ] the dairy farmer.

[@suyaiehlers7634]

@@Soken50 well, it's not, because HIS name is JuliAn, not JuliEn. Just because they are similar and come from the same origin doesn't mean they are the same and interchangeable.

[@timmyimmy5697]

Julian : “I don’t want you to fall asleep just yet” Also Julian : has Julian’s voice

[@sarahp6512]

I literally use these videos to help me fall asleep

[@annaj2772]

@@sarahp6512 omg same!

[@saheilaanarzee5552]

@@annaj2772 same lol. sleep gang les goo

[@JulieSchulerVideos]

I want a video where Julian's son brings him a painting he did that got a hole in it and asks him to fix it. Then Julian goes through the entire professional process to conserve it as best he can.

[@sialabrown7789]

🥺🥺 Now I do too.

[@PolySammo]

As a nanny I love that idea

[@danaraven5193]

Does Julian have a son?

[@NikolaHoward]

​@@danaraven5193yep. He's been in a few videos now, and their interactions are as cute as a button! ❤

[@Sedric-and-Charlie]

I look forward to the day we see a canvas so thick with varnish that Julian has to break out the power washer

[@29lookingood]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂💙

[@RailroadBeast-Jiska]

Not gonna lie, this comment made my day 😂🤣

[@jakesmerth1919]

I'm waiting for the painting where the whole video is just Julian in tears, sobbing away.. Lol

[@alex0589]

*Archival and fully reversible power washer** of course

[@mericutkugulfiliz2536]

Maybe with a jackhammer?

[@nathanbinns6345]

This is a man who has never said “eh, that’s good enough” once in his life.

[@syncopatedsock]

True this man optimizes the most work for the most good of the painting.

[@SuperDeinVadda]

Perfect is the killer of good. If you don't know when to stop, you won't finish at all.

[@yessanknow302]

he says it when it is

[@GrayMajik]

@@SuperDeinVadda well that is if you aren’t good enough yourself to meet your own expectations of perfect.

[@BL00DYR0S31]

@@GrayMajik that wouldn’t be applicable if the person is neurotic to begin with.

[@Gcuso]

Client: What's this $500 in the bill for 'cotton ball budget'?

[@kaili_28]

lol

[@WouldntULikeToKnow.]

Made me laugh when I'm trying to get to sleep!

[@dshe8637]

Shows the client the sack of used cotton balls...

[@thebatmary5954]

Julian: I’m going to switch from a rolled cotton swab to a cotton ball. All of us restoration gremlins at home in bed: **clutches Cheetos bag in shock**

[@mircat28]

I expected to see a 6 pound cotton ball plunked down.

[@jogillett8518]

😄🤣😆 lol! Exactly what I did!!

[@davidroosa4561]

i will always remember where i was this day

[@tomjones6944]

People who've never watched this channel are using q-tips to clean their bangers between each dab.

[@jazminquintero4045]

Me, who was in the kitchen getting some coke: *drops coca-cola can in shock and vissible distress*

[@champagnejan4454]

Julian: "I don't want any of you to fall asleep" also Julian: plays gentle instrumental that's definitely makes me fall asleep

[@margaretbarclay-laughton2086]

to late its his voice if he ever wants to give up restoration he can make relaxation vids heck he could probably read the telephone book and i would relax :)

[@graceprice1035]

I rewatch his videos when I have trouble falling asleep lol

[@mald379]

I hope Julian doesn't find out how many times I've actually played his videos purposefully to fall asleep, just because of how soothing they are.

[@graceprice1035]

@@mald379 Just drink some sleepytime tea, next you get nice and comfortable in bed, then you hear it in the distance Julian's voice talking about switching from rolled cotton swabs to cotton balls as you drift off to slumber

[@cryingash]

Well, i didn‘t fall asleep to tue music, but his beautiful and soothing voice and the way he speaks. ☺️

[@dominitrov]

Me: “Julian always takes such care of his paintings” Julian: “pulls out cinder block”

[@HollyOllyOxenfree-]

🤣

[@bananacat4945]

*SMAK YOUR PAINTING NOW HAS BROKEN BAK*

[@nikikelly2003]

😂

[@41tinman41]

Holupaminit!

[@RndThg]

XD Glad am 'ot the only to finf that weird xD

[@stefanwild326]

I can only imagine how tempting the siren's call of a solvent drenched rag must be at times ...

[@jeffkeith637]

Tbh I thought that’s what was coming

[@davidroosa4561]

which is why i could never do this

[@its_me_jen_jen9204]

Solvent in a spray bottle!

[@feveraven]

"this is the smartest idea i've ever had" [me, about to be fired from baumgartner's studio]

[@MrMjashernando]

Today I learned when Julian says “it took a couple of hours” he means, like, 2, when I thought he meant at least 5

[@scrithen2818]

Well, a couple is 2, so it makes sense

[@hellif.8314]

Same!

[@frog6306]

I can now add “painting conservation speedrun” to videos I never thought I’d watch. Thanks, Julian.

[@dominitrov]

My thoughts exactly

[@dash3995]

Fully restored any% 47.45.32

[@pratik20813]

@@dash3995 not any%, its always 100% runs

[@dash3995]

@@pratik20813 fully restored is just the painting and stretcher 100% also includes the frame

[@syncopatedsock]

I feel someone might do an edit of this with the speedrun clock on the side with checkpoints

[@whaghht]

When I see dirt, damage, and old, flakey varnish, I know we’re in for a good Baumgartner video.

[@jonahdoniewski401]

Especially with big tears

[@marisp2588]

The most damaged paintings really do be giving us the best videos

[@jeffkeith637]

Could become a new verb. It was so broken I had to give it a Baumgartnering. What a night, I need a Baumgartner.

[@Likanjew]

Julian in every single video of the channel: There is no need to hurry or speed things up... Julian in this video: LETS SPEEDRUN THIS BADBOY! I love this man.

[@k_a_y_l_e_e]

there is something very comforting about knowing that someone like julian needs to give himself challenges every now and again to maintain the "spark" in something that he loves. idk, maybe that tells you where i'm at in life, but knowing that he struggles, helps me in my struggles. thank you for coming to my tedtalk.

[@Man-ej6uv]

agree

[@airypersiflage]

Julian: pretending to be a fancy-pants Old World tailor Everyone else: pretending to be Julian

[@29lookingood]

100% 👏🏾💙

[@at5389]

While you were cleaning, it was like you were "finding the sun"! Incredible job Jullian.

[@lillysora]

I would also like to see him pretend to be a race car driver in the beautiful car of his, I’d also like to see him pretend to be a chef or alchemist while mixing his solvents!

[@pants6416]

@@lillysora I'd watch him pretend to be anything, like on Sesame Street, when Ernie sang, "Imagine That!"

[@dwallens]

I'm not alone in saying I would totally watch a five hour real-time varnish removal.

[@29lookingood]

🙋🏾‍♀️ I'm up for that.

[@jonahdoniewski401]

If he has a second channel that would be a good idea!

[@maryturner2899]

I watch sometimes with reduced speed settings!

[@aspenlawrence835]

I think he used to livestream cleaning paintings - pretty sure there's an archive or two on this channel

[@lindatschappat6252]

Same! I cry inside every time he speeds things up or skips over parts. I wanna see it!

[@tobeseve4020]

I love the idea of someone going "Cleaning this painting is taking too long. I'm gonna use a M O P ."

[@thatsleepguy]

You have turned me. I thought that the aged varnish gave character and wisdom to “Mature” paintings. Now I can see the youth of the intended expressions.

[@mircat28]

Oh for heaven's sake just say it looks prettier.

[@davidroosa4561]

aged varnish is one thing, that one was maple syrup

[@ashleyherkie]

*Uses these videos to help me fall asleep* Julian: “I dont want you to fall asleep”

[@jan-lukaskrammer1572]

me: I watch it to fall asleep Julian: no

[@ashleyherkie]

He’s like if I dont sleep you dont sleep

[@sugasfacemoles]

Literally fell asleep during it last night lol

[@swimfan3588]

This is my Ambien

[@kaili_28]

Same I watch these all the time before bed. Perfect for going to sleep.

[@johnnyparente7940]

The fact that filling a power washer and bringing the painting outside and going after it was brought up..sort of makes me feel you considered it Julian. Just saying.

[@41tinman41]

Given how absolutely horrid some of the paintings looked before Julian cleaned them, you’d want to just not hunch over it and just start blasting. Also, try Power Washer Simulator.

[@NAFUSO1]

Maybe that's how the painting got all those holes to begin with, but from one of those conservators who didn't know what they were doing.

[@johnny_eth]

He might have done that to "the contrarian"

[@kalieris]

@@41tinman41 I’m glad that doesn’t seem to exist for iPhone, or I’d be in trouble.

[@41tinman41]

@@kalieris You never know. It’s still on early access. Once it finished development, you might get a port for other formats.

[@stefkais]

Having a really tough time right now, I’ve been basically binge watching these to help me relax. After a week or so I have realized that this new habit of mine, which borders on meditation imo, has made me (unconsciously) take more time with things, slow down, and appreciate the small details of life. For this and many other reasons, I am so grateful for this channel!

[@Squishy1L]

Hi random stranger. I hope things are going better for you now.

[@stefkais]

@@Squishy1L thank you :)

[@natashalawely2900]

same! really glad i walked in on my friend watching the brawler

[@mariecarie1]

Reading this made me happy. Good for you! It's always better to take time and do things consciously and stay in the present moment. Yay!!

[@MadSideburns]

Julian: "I don't want you to fall asleep just yet" Also Julian: *puts mellow, relaxing classical music*

[@alisalarsen9163]

Before the varnish was removed it looked like men in a raft on the sand dunes

[@caittails]

I don't know if I'm just oblivious, but I didn't even notice the ship in the distance until he cleaned it.

[@lunalia6562]

avatar sandbenders

[@jeffkeith637]

Maybe it started that way. They were the driest rafters I’ve ever seen.

[@nezumischneider7552]

@@caittails Wait.. There's a ship? O.o

[@BL00DYR0S31]

@@caittails what ship?!😐

[@joanbennettnyc]

11:15 "Now this painting is dirty. Very, very dirty." "You're a dirty painting, aren't you? Tell me you're a dirty, dirty painting! Say it!"

[@mortempa5836]

lol

[@RavenMacy]

🤨😆

[@09conrado]

...'and you know you need a good spanking for that, do you?' 'Oh yes, boy do I need a good spanking mistress!'

[@howdycowboy247]

I always love when he assesses the work of those naughty naughty previous conservators

[@SandraNelson063]

Hey, that's a 10 yard penalty for TAUNTING!!! You're just a naughty little taunter, aren't you?

[@DowithloveEXO]

28:18 Painting feet's truly become Julian's nightmare ever since the L'Aurora project XD

[@marisp2588]

Idk my dude, I think the Elmer's glue cardboard staple fiasco may have topped that

[@vampkimi]

@@marisp2588 the what now?? this is the first im hearing of this. this was a video he uploaded? do you remember what the video was called or what about? i wanna check it out!

[@pineapple7024]

@@vampkimi I think it was the brawler

[@daphnechung5460]

@@pineapple7024 it was

[@marisp2588]

@@vampkimi Yes, the Brawler as said before

[@CarlosRodriguez-dd4sb]

I love the reveal after the painting has been cleaned - 'as was intended to be seen by the artist' It is always transformative. One thing I noticed, and perhaps it's my mind playing tricks, after cleaning I could see the HOPE on the young man's face as he lay on the raft.

[@leighplayscello9330]

"If I don't mimic this impasto, they're gonna think this painting is an impasto-r!"| I'll be here all week

[@SandraNelson063]

Try the veal....

[@angelarusso2553]

HAHAHAHAH I REALLY HOPE HE CAN READ THIS

[@shellz94]

God now I really want pasta

[@marisp2588]

That painting be looking a little sus 🧐

[@GPFlljk]

I'm always amazed at how resilient the underlying painting is to all the abuse it takes over the years.

[@SicYennefer]

It's inspirational ✨

[@dinkledankle]

@@SicYennefer It's paint.

[@SicYennefer]

@@dinkledankle you must be fun at parties

[@jaggederest]

Oil paint actually polymerizes into something very close to modern plastics. Linoleum was originally a mix of linseed and cork or other solids on canvas - basically just an oil painting with extra binder! If it can be used as flooring, you know it's tough stuff.

[@jomcphail06]

Bro, why do Julian's titles always make me feel like I'm preparing for a storybook adventure?

[@magdalena-lisarobertson4143]

As Julian works, I imagine Heaven, filled with the artists whose paintings he has conserved. I imagine Julian, one day, in the very distant future (after a long and joyful life lived) being greeted by those artists upon his arrival. To happy tears, firm handshakes, gentle pats on his back and good natured laughter - Julian hears a chorus of “Well done. Well done. Well done.”

[@Palitato]

I paint myself (i wouldn't ever hold myself up against the masters or anything, obvs) and I would absolutely adore it if I knew someone like Julian was taking care of my work in the future. Now, I don't think any of it is really worth enough to ever GET conserved (not many calls for a painting of a Suchomimus' head...) but if it were, I'd be happy to see it treated like this.

[@marthaanderson2656]

the comment about not having feet to retouch brought a chuckle. For those long timers, I hope they caught it as well. Thanks for a new look at your work

[@Ali-kb8gr]

Lol yeah. I chuckled as well... and had a flashback!

[@maryturner2899]

Oh I had a good hearty laugh lol

[@classicambo9781]

Or eyes, heaven forbid haha

[@flyingpenguin7622]

Holdup I don't get it I must've missed a video because I've been watching for a while

[@jaydiarie]

Yes!

[@ScottIsMyName]

If 3 guys can fit on what looks to be a door, Rose could have saved Jack. Darn you Rose..

[@popisdeadisagoodsong9997]

Rose was a jerk, haha.

[@lhaviland8602]

Didn't Mythbusters prove that like four people could fit on a standard sized door lol?

[@DrWhom]

@@lhaviland8602 the Titanic had really shit doors in steerage

[@davidroosa4561]

jack only wanted a one night stand

[@macbarnes1028]

MOST UNDERRATED COMMENT ON HERE

[@AnOwlFPS]

This man really did an Any % Painting Conservation Speedrun. What a legend.

[@ariwizzard]

julian? any%? nah this guy only does 100% runs

[@ibuprofriends]

😭😭

[@Warrendoe]

My mother teaching me embroidery 50 years ago ‘Make sure the back is as neat as the front’. Me “ I’m part way ready to move on to conservation!”

[@oscodains]

But he didn’t speed up the video. What we actually see is RoboJulian, which he created to be more efficient and move more quickly than a human can. Of course he can’t just reveal such an advance robot to the public yet.

[@elliemayfield]

If he can build that table for one painting, I wouldn’t put RoboJulian past him for the next scraping.

[@JW-sv5xc]

I watch Cody's Lab too

[@oscodains]

@@JW-sv5xc Who’s Cody Slab?

[@sweetbailey1177]

The man has TWO hot tables, of course he'd have his own robot assistant.

[@r4vendusk]

So he mad a TAS of this speedrun instead of doing it RTA?

[@yland6003]

I think this is my favorite painting. It really feels like a frozen moment in time. It makes you ask questions, it asks you to write the story in your head. Thanks for saving this one!

[@caittails]

I really love how your audience has to completely trust you about everything you're telling us. We can tell that the varnish goes away but don't exactly know how to tell that all the varnish is off, we don't know whether paint coming up is actually overpaint, sometimes it looks like paint is coming off with the varnish, and I have absolutely no clue how you manage to only get up the extra fill-in medium without taking all of it off. It's really cool that we can take your word for everything because you build that trust with us. I can't think of any other creators on KZbin who have that relationship with their viewers.

[@tinyvanuffelen7918]

Thru !

[@wonderwend1]

I think at this stage I'd trust Julian to do surgery on me without question.

[@sweetbailey1177]

@@wonderwend1 an archival, fully reversible surgery. 😄

[@swamp6825]

I think the only other creator like this (imo) is the locking picking lawyer Honestly I’d trust him to keep my life savings safe

[@scrithen2818]

You probably cant think of any other creators that have that because there isnt really anyone else that makes content that would need that, like, i guess other types of restoration youtubers like My Mechanics dont talk, so they cant do it, gaming youtubers cant, documentary youtubers like Mustard are stating facts, i cant think of anyone who would be able to do that

[@sailorarwen6101]

I discovered my cat enjoys the retouching. She acted like she was going to pounce every time she saw the paintbrush

[@houdin654jeff]

Anytime anyone matter of factly states that something is dirty, it makes me think of a Mitch Hedberg joke. "This shirt is dry clean only, which means... it's dirty."

[@kimberly_erin]

For real read this in his voice.

[@jaungiga]

*Julian:* Jeez, could you imagine spending months building a simple website? My former boss literally died before completing the website for her bookstore. In the process, she drove many graphic designers up the wall

[@kimberly_erin]

This should be a lesson to all of us. Also sorry for your loss.

[@CraftQueenJr]

…yes, because I’m atrocious at fighting with UIs to try to get the right font and colours.

[@GuanoLad]

The art style of this painting is very "illustrated adventure stories for boys" circa 1940.

[@Nukle0n]

Yeah, wish Julian would tell us just a little bit more about this

[@DrWhom]

this guy mostly restored worthless kitsch for the rich and clueless just as well, I wouldn't want this incompetent hack anywhere near works of real value

[@Nukle0n]

@@DrWhom Maybe his methods are rougher than some museum but museums are generally just dumb? Like not wanting to remove varnish because they think it's "patina".

[@jubileeYAVEL]

@@DrWhom I'm going to take a wild guess and say your knowledge of conservation is from youtube and maybe a college course,lol, and your experience...none. but go ahead and act like you know more than a second generation conservator who has been doing it for decades. I would expect nothing else from a youtube comment section (Sorry if this sounds a little mean I didn't mean it to, I just thought it was amusing. I have a hard time getting the right tone when I write what I say)

[@Palitato]

@@DrWhom As an artist, I'd want my work treated like this. He restores things to what they're meant to be. I'd be thrilled to know my work was in his hands, that he'd put forth the effort to give it life again. Museums leave nasty yellowed varnish on as 'patina' when PAINTINGS ARE NOT MEANT TO HAVE THAT. If the artist had wanted it to be yellow, they would have painted it yellow.

[@Takerfan4ever303]

I find your lack of washi kozo disturbing. 😂 this was awesome!

[@swampy1584]

I will always be gobsmacked by the before and after removing the varnish

[@jose-gr7jg]

Plot twist: the client needed the painting ASAP so Julian made the excuse for this video

[@nikistarfish]

It always marvels me how some of the most soothing and precise art on the internet is filled with a community of chaos. I love it.

[@LizLife13]

It's nice to know that even Julian doesn't like to paint feet

[@joanbennettnyc]

YES!

[@GuiSmith]

_shudders_ feet… shoes… the worst

[@DaleDix]

Feet are fine as long as I don't have to touch them and can use spray paint.

[@RobinT346]

sometimes I just go and looks at the work of old masters or world renowned artists just to remind myself that nobody, in the history of art ever, has been able to paint feet. It makes me feel better. Also the knowledge that feet are really weird. It doesn't matter the creature: badger, cat, birds, humans, - they always look weird.

[@Stettafire]

I'm probably the only human alive who actually enjoys painting feet. Feet have all kinds of interesting shapes. If you start with a basic construction with a curved box it's not so bad. You just need to know how to turn that box around the place and remember, the bow has a curve because your foot (even flat feet, just to less of an extent) has an arch.

[@randyl236]

the painting is actually BLUE?? Why am i always so surprised 😂

[@melissaharris3389]

Me to. I mean you know it must be blue under there but when it appears it's always wonderful. The subtle shift in color to capture a roiling sea being uncovered made this video great.

[@mircat28]

The same reason the rest of us are surprised!

[@KylejvT]

"Can you imagine spending MONTHS creating your website??" *Stares into The Nothing as the PTSD is triggered*

[@jimcoope7194]

Julian: "how does one chart a course home?" Me: "I'm SO impressed with the "raft" of improvements you made to this filthy painting!"

[@davidroosa4561]

i sea what you did there

[@BrisketChef]

I’m gonna speed up the cleaning process so you don’t fall asleep.. -proceeds to play calm relaxing music that you can sleep too 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@theannoyedmrfloyd3998]

♀♂♀♂♀♂♀♂♀♂

[@MorleyQ]

I always love seeing the gold-handled shears come out. I also like the fact that the pair has a scabbard.

[@lynnedelacy2841]

He ought to do some merch We could always do with some Belgian linen in our lives

[@kimberly_erin]

@@lynnedelacy2841 it’s got to be insanely expensive but man the quality is so impressive I’d buy it from him marked up just to get my hands on some

[@lynnedelacy2841]

@@kimberly_erin may be cheaper to go to Belgium yourself and buy direct !

[@kimberly_erin]

@@lynnedelacy2841 if I had enough money to go I would and then I’d make a deal so I could sell it here! I don’t have the money or resources to even start that. I can’t even afford the shipping on it!

[@NavyVeteran1776]

Julian: Starts cleaning painting Me: Where did that boat come from? Definitely a dirty painting.

[@mircat28]

Very dirty, it was a raft.

[@NavyVeteran1776]

@@mircat28 top left corner is a small boat if you look close.

[@nezumischneider7552]

@@NavyVeteran1776 Thanks for this info! I actually was searching for it after somebody else mentioned there was a boat but couldn't find it.

[@bigsarge2085]

Making the difficult seem simple, the mark of a true professional.

[@pearlp1197]

Do you ever get clients that get their painting back and they don't think it's the same painting?🤣

[@DaleDix]

Maybe that's why he videos them now!

[@lynnettesue6240]

@@DaleDix 🤣

[@lynnedelacy2841]

He has links to commercial ‘knock ‘em out’ studios in China - not

[@KateandBree]

Yes, he’s talked about it a few times!

[@kimberly_erin]

He’s had them sent back for being “too clean” and had to add fake dirt 🤣 but he’d rather have the fake dirt layer on it than an actual dirty painting. Still it must be painful to do that after painstakingly restoring the art.

[@maryvallas772]

It just never gets old watching old varnish dissappear and beauty re-emerge.

[@Bonesy50]

‘I don’t want my viewers to fall asleep’ I wake up hours later, my face has the imprint of my phone case, I don’t know what day it is.

[@l.m.2404]

Remarkable transformation... from a prairie picnic to an ocean drama with just a varnish removable. Wow.

[@crazyraccoon1064]

I wish i could find a man who treats me like he treats that painting

[@tinyvanuffelen7918]

They are some where !

[@scrithen2818]

You want a man to rub you with a varnish solvent mixture thats in a cotton ball on a stick?

[@DrWhom]

@@scrithen2818 then heat you up on a vacuum table underneath a plastic sheet? kinky...

[@baranduyn]

Did they use it as a floor mat? Holy spumoni, that's a challenge.

[@mvmvdl]

🤣🤣

[@davidroosa4561]

i bet it was over a fireplace in a cigar bar for 100 years or so

[@psammiad]

It's amazing to see such a wreck of a painting brought safely ashore after only a few days!

[@tatiannazutania7751]

The colors and movement you revealed in this painting is astonishing!! Before it didn't look interesting, but now you can see the subtle and not so subtle nuances of this beautiful piece of art. Thank you for sharing.

[@scottmorse5499]

I will never get tired of these restorations

[@StKatiThePaganSaint]

I've seen enough of these vids to know that paintings were never meant to be sepia-toned relics of a bygone era, but I swear seeing them cleaned up gets me every time!

[@ladylightbug]

You’re the only person on this website that one makes me watch an advertisement just so I can continue listening to their voice and two you slip it in so smoothly that it takes me awhile to realize what you did because everyone else gets a fast forward.

[@SnaketheJake87]

If you strip away the art from this content, you are still left with very deep and meaningful lessons about life. Thank you for that.

[@CallieMasters5000]

I'm calling this "Adrift in a Sea of Molasses". Damn, that was dark!

[@lynnedelacy2841]

It would be lovely to see reaction of the owners of various projects get their beloved pieces back How beautiful the colours in the sea are on this one

[@wilhelmastorga6021]

In a video Q&A, Julian said he has tried to make it happen. But so far no owner has accepted the proposal, and so he has to respect their decision and their privacy. Hopefully one day.

[@mikep3142]

Me too! Maybe just a quick report by Julian, paraphrasing the anonymous owner would suffice?

[@mwater_moon2865]

A person claiming to be the owner (Grew K) commented on Schooner Girl's comment to say that, "Well I got my notification that there was a new video and lo and behold there was my painting. I sat down and watched with the kids. It was absolutely emotional watching the varnish come off and the sea roar to life. I got the painting for the faces of the two Mariners. Even with the varnish and the terrible condition the canvas was in I had to have it. It just spoke to me. I am shocked and pretty darn excited!" So based on that and their other comments in the thread they didn't know it was done yet. But Covid times aren't really the best to try filming reactions of owners, esp. if they're living well outside of Chicago.

[@lynnedelacy2841]

Thanks water moon I saw that after I’d posted I guess that is a likely response for most people People acquire a piece of art that speaks to them and who wouldn’t be thrilled with the improvements

[@MusicologyFriend]

“I don’t want any of you to fall asleep” *me, dozing off slowly*

[@yanelymontoya1274]

But in a calm way, right? Like the whole world is happy and calm. Everyone needs to hear Julian's voice every night to sleep.

[@jessicalockerby7021]

“I don’t want you guys falling asleep” Plays sleepy time music

[@schoonergirl2658]

Wouldn’t you love to know the back story of these paintings? Someone loved the picture enough to purchase it, how did it lose the love so that it’s now in this condition? What caused the holes, tears and paint loss? I think it would be fascinating to know the how and why paintings such as this end up in Julian’s studio.

[@louckykoneko]

possibly bought by someone who did care, eventually (possibly a few generations later) passed on to someone who didn't care, kept by people who didn't care for a while (again, possibly a few generations) until it is eventually passed on to someone who does care and brings it to Julian. alternatively, the owners all did care but didn't notice the discoloring for such a long time because it happened gradually, eventually the painting was damaged in a move/during an accident/whatever and kept in storage for a while before someone remembered or rediscovered it and decided to bring it to Julian.

[@Poppacap79]

In short, people move and people die. Both of those factor into the care taken/given with art.

[@grewk2518]

So I bought it from a person in NY who bought it from an estate sale. I loved it as I see it as a beautiful display of hope during a bleak moment. Everything is uncertain but they aren't alone. I have no idea who the artist is, I've been told it was panted sometime in the 1800's and is "European New School". I still can't get over how beautifully they painted the ocean, something I had no clue about until after this restoration. I love that he made a video of it!

[@nrml76]

@@grewk2518 Nice to hear a little back story from the owner. Thanks for commenting 👍.

[@Ch0mpyFrank]

@@grewk2518 Good eye, and thank you. I think this is my favourite painting that JB has conserved - I know nothing about art, so I'm so pleased to hear that this style has a name and an era that I can seek out. I just like how it looks, I dunno! So thank you for adding the context and for letting this art be shared with us all.

[@thirza9508]

You were talking about pretending to be a tailor. Whilst I'm in no way a seamstress, I do sew a lot, both modern and historical projects, and I just know that bolt of Belgian linnen fabric is *hella* expensive. Linnen is expensive in general, but that width, and that quality and that quantity, dear god that must've cost the equivalent of both my kidneys.

[@withjoy4242]

I was thinking this exact thing!

[@lynnedelacy2841]

Kidneys and part of a liver

[@wonderwend1]

...and him cutting it with so much extra makes me cringe. I know he keeps the scraps for edging etc so that's ok. I just wanna stroke it though

[@thirza9508]

@@wonderwend1 Haha I get you, It's totally logical for him to cut it like that but my broke ass always needs to use up the last scrap of my fabric since it's so expensive and I don't want anything to go to waste

[@thirza9508]

@@lynnedelacy2841 probably yes haha

[@bjspyder4148]

Wow, the cleaned ocean looks so much scarier than before.

[@abrarzawad9975]

"now this painting is dirty...very..very dirty" ok julien you starting to make me feel some typa wayy..

[@minawashere8575]

Sir, this is a Chili's

[@Panzer731]

you doin time in horny county jail

[@mriaf-ny9hf]

Julian have more careful with these paintings than some people have with their lifes.

[@mircat28]

It depends on how long you are willing to drag a cinder block through your life or let it go.

[@equesdeventusoccasus]

My favorite part of his videos is watching the cleaning and varnish removal process. It has a meditative quality to it.

[@cs3742]

O hear us when we cry to Thee, for those in peril on the sea. Eternal Father, strong to save, Whose arm doth bond the restless wave, Who bids the mighty ocean deep Its own appointed limits keep; O hear us when we cry to Thee For those in peril on the sea. Most Holy Spirit who didst brood Upon the terrace dark and rude, And bid its angry tumult cease, And give for wild confusion peace; O hear us when we cry to Thee For those in peril on the sea.

[@SandraNelson063]

Two great minds with but a single thought. My Dad is a vet, of the Canadian Navy. He flew sub killers off of HMCS Bonaventure for a few years.

[@BrokensoulRider]

Gonna save that because that was beautiful.

[@cs3742]

@@SandraNelson063 This is the British Navy hymn with several more verses. We sing it here in St Augustine FL during hurricane weather. Truly, a sung prayer.

[@SandraNelson063]

@@cs3742 I found a piano sound track for it on YT. But it's OLD and familiar to anyone who has loved ones in peril on the sea. Not just Americans.

[@swagapinosundaeicxc2201]

Cedric? Is that you?

[@nolaknowles9888]

Art has brought me to tears, but this is the first time the cleaning of a painting has brought me to tears! What a beautiful painting it turned out to be!

[@sevenowls7776]

The difference between the uncleaned and cleaned picture is like the difference between Monet's pictures before and after he had cataracts! Incredible!

[@hopewalker5764]

Why didn’t you put holes in the keys and use your fishing line trick?

[@09conrado]

Disappointed!

[@NR-EDIT]

What purpose did the keys have anyways? The canvas isn't stretchable because of the foil, right?

[@hopewalker5764]

@@NR-EDIT true. But he has included them before so I was curious to see that he didn’t include them this time.

[@SilentRaven8]

he had also i think forgot the isolation layer to see the colors in their bright form/sep his work from the artists tired Julian is tired

[@sharalraphael7148]

Fishing line is typically for original keys, so that they don’t get lost. I reckon he didn’t include it because they’ve already been lost.

[@Kadarro85]

In the next episode: Julian does retouching on 2 paintings in the same time hunging upside down in a tank with sharks xD

[@tinyvanuffelen7918]

LOL

[@N_0968]

The sharks help with their unending admiration of Julian’s skill in retouching an ocean that is soon so nice they are hoping the people in it will go for a swim to feed the painting sharks they can imagine under any bigger shadow. They drool a bit but wouldn’t touch Julian.

[@Kadarro85]

@@N_0968 well said :)

[@N_0968]

@@Kadarro85 I love your profile pic or what of it I can see in my phone. :)

[@Kadarro85]

@@N_0968 Thank you :) google "no coffee no workee", you should be able to find higher quality picture:)

[@JaxsonGalaxy]

I love the form these have taken recently as long-form poetic video-essay. The videos themselves, are art.

[@ashleyherkie]

*When you have something in common with the varnish…thick and dense* 👍🏼

[@zacharias7284]

The water looked like a mountain with green/yellow grass until the varnish came off. Seeing the whitecaps on the waves be revealed was pretty awesome. I’m usually most enamored by vibrant colors or the subject’s skin being revealed, but in this case simply seeing rough seas go from yellow/green to a pretty tame blue but a very bright white was super satisfying.

[@Danny........]

Sitting here watching Julian say he needs a cotton ball and not the stick, me agreeing and thinking good call, like I really know what I'm looking at..... lol I love these videos.

[@anne-marie339]

I didn't realize just HOW dirty that canvas was! It's like going from sepia-toned to technicolour - that has to be one of the most satisfying reveals ever....

[@grougrouhh1727]

"Can you imagine spending months building your own website ?" Done it, it is very fun

[@BlankDragyn]

Me: **sees HUGE hole through canvas** "oh my god"

[@HollyOllyOxenfree-]

Julian : (Belgian Linen and adhesive in hand)..."...not as bad as I'd originally thought..."...😆 I think optimism is as necessary a tool in this sort of profession as a scalpel or tacks!

[@mircat28]

Said the same thing!

[@katieharms5742]

The firing range will be happy to have their painting back lol

[@chrisredfield6404]

I’m very glad that you’re restoring this painting for the coal mine that it was clearly displayed in

[@davidroosa4561]

those guys deserve nice things

[@OneGuyOnline2]

If I saw that painting at the flea market, I would not have stopped to even look at it. But it's a head turner now!

[@trevinwolverine1904]

For a moment, the crew in the painting were adrift amidst swelling waves of poo water

[@wonderwend1]

Lost in the Sewage Sea

[@its_me_jen_jen9204]

The pooiest!

[@crowridley8245]

Julian: now this painting is dirty, very very dirty. The painting: berate me harder

[@mircat28]

That's hinkey!

[@holdingstrong8686]

This restoration was amazing! Some of your clients must burst into tears when they get their painting back.

[@johncooperrider9886]

I was hoping this would stretch out for at least a week to see how many more "head full of steam" and "sails full of wind" metaphors Julian could come up with. And who wants to see a power washer primed with solvent? [hand raised]

[@michelsimard9342]

Title of this painting before cleaning : « À la Dérive sur un Océan d’Urine »

[@kotpijemleko]

this is exactly what i needed to get through this monday

[@foofyflutie87]

Same

[@a-complished4406]

That CINDER BLOCK is normally used to smash tacks and brawlers:(

[@sarahleonard7309]

I don't know why, but this painting is my favorite out of all of the ones he has conserved so far. As gorgeous as all of the portraits and landscapes and fruit bowls have been, this one touches me.

[@johnny_eth]

I didn't know speedrunning was a thing in conservation.