So it was bequeathed to me to try and fix it, or at least make it less noticeable? My original thought was to do it with acrylic paint, but I decided to start out with pastels since hey, chalk pastels are pretty innocuous and if they don't work no harm done. They're also pretty easy to control with a brush, and I have a fairly large collection of colors. Another good point is that it's easy to mix the right color, since if it's wrong you can brush off some of it and add a new color on top, mixing them without really covering up another color.
Well I didn't really want to touch any of the glue, even though it is on the actual painting, since if it was some type of watercolor I could really screw that up. I don't even know what kind of glue it is.
I started with the green and you can see where I've stopped. It's a very small area, so it's not like it's going to be the first area the eye sees anyways, but the green is a bit off. One problem with the pastels is that it's difficult to get a very sharp 'line' with them, so a little bit of it got around the edges of the tears, darkening them too. So the whole area that I was working on has a slightly darker halo around it.
Almost all the say done! I did a little more touching up after this, and did my best to clean up around the edges of the area I touched up. The white chunk you see sitting on it is a piece of a Mr. Clean Magic eraser. I take them and cut them up into little rectangles like that and use them for projects since they're great for cleaning without any liquid! It's a micro-abrasive, so you have to be a little bit careful, but it really helped me smooth colors and clean up edges.
Done! I didn't seal it or anything, so the repair isn't very delicate, but it's going to go under a frame anyways so it's not a big deal. We'll just have to mention it to the framers not to touch the corner at all... I don't think the repair is really noticeable unless it's pointed out at least :)
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