Friday, December 18, 2009

Will the quality of oil-on-canvas deteriorate if exposed to sunlight frequently?

Sunlight, particularly UV rays, are very bad for your oil painting. Besides more rapidly working on fading and distorting the fugitive colors that may have been used, UV rays can damage the structure of the cloth and the mediums as well. Remember, sunlight can heat things up, and heating and cooling your oil painting will cause unnecessary expansion/contraction . . . and can you guess what that means? Yeah, cracks and crazing of the surface.Will the quality of oil-on-canvas deteriorate if exposed to sunlight frequently?
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Different pigments fade differently in sunlight. Colors that fade a lot from being exposed to uv rays are called fugitive colors and each tube of oil paint is labelled with how much the paint will fade, it's called lightfastness.Will the quality of oil-on-canvas deteriorate if exposed to sunlight frequently?
I don't THINK it will, although, I haven't worked much with oils. Mainly acrylics and watercolors.
Yes it will. And not only on sunlight: using flashes is also not allowed in most museums.
The color may fade abit :) x x x
I hope going through this site helps :)
probably not the oil should act as a preservative
Yes.
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