Painting Restorer Training
Gain mastery in painting restoration essentials: evaluate damage on canvas works, safely clean varnished oils, mend tears, retouch losses, and shield artworks through expert documentation, mounting techniques, and preventive conservation methods applied in top art studios and museums across Nigeria and beyond.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course equips you with hands-on skills to evaluate, record, stabilise, clean, and safeguard oil paintings on canvas from the 19th to 20th centuries. You will identify materials and damage types, apply diagnostic tools, devise secure cleaning and tear repair strategies, produce detailed treatment logs, and establish protective display setups to ensure treatments are justified, reversible, and suitable for expert oversight.
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Develop skills
- Canvas stabilisation: carry out secure, recorded tear repairs on oil paintings.
- Varnish cleaning: utilise proven dry, water-based, and solvent techniques with precision.
- Technical examination: employ raking light, UV, IR, and photographic documentation for accurate diagnosis.
- Preventive display: prepare mounts, backings, and microclimates for secure gallery presentation.
- Conservation reporting: draft transparent, principled treatment and condition reports.
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