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Today I decided to take one of my old paintings that I found that I was not happy with, but before destroying it I decided to give it a try and repaint it which I haven’t been doing in the past repainting old paintings that I do not like. The way I figure if I am not successful in improving it then it’s no loss I will destroy it and be done with it.  So I am posting both the old and the new.  The old painting has somewhat of a nice composition I am not sure where the scene is. It was painted years ago. I can tell from the signature that had my first and last name the way I used to sign my paintings.  In the old version the colors were drab and very thinly painted and muddy in  many areas. In the repainted version I changed a few things, simplified areas, and the picture is repainted throughout. Nothing of the original shows through.

Although I took a photo of the old version I refrained from looking at it as I painted the new version so as not be tied up with what it originally looked like.

To paint on an old oil painting one needs first apply a retouch varnish so as the new paint will stick and also will liven the old paint especially the darks.