Repainting old paintings

Using a rag to clean the dirt and grime off of vintage artwork runs the risk of getting lint on the piece, instead, experts suggest using a piece of white bread.

Going thrift shopping is always an adventure. You never know what you might find while digging through a bargain bin of shoes or a barrel full of backpacks and belts. If you’re lucky, you might even stumble upon a piece of artwork that’s worth displaying in your home. And even if you don’t think any of the pieces are up to par yet, you might be able to give a painting new life by adding your own flair to it.

Say hello to the "Repaintings" subreddit where people from all over the internet share their imaginative creations by improving old thrift store paintings.

We know how much you love art, illustrations, and paintings, dear Pandas, so we’ve got a treat in store for you today. Say hello to the ‘Repaintings’ subreddit where people from all over the internet share their imaginative creations.

Say hello to the "Repaintings" subreddit where people from all over the internet share their imaginative creations by improving old thrift store paintings.

I bought a canvas at the thrift store and gave it a painted makeover with acrylic paint and my pallet knife for modern textured art.

Say hello to the "Repaintings" subreddit where people from all over the internet share their imaginative creations by improving old thrift store paintings.

We know how much you love art, illustrations, and paintings, dear Pandas, so we’ve got a treat in store for you today. Say hello to the ‘Repaintings’ subreddit where people from all over the internet share their imaginative creations.

Artist David Irvine takes old thrift shop paintings and paints pop culture characters into their landscape. The final results are epic and oddly beautiful.

Someone’s dead relatives just got a makeover. Artist Alex Gross takes discarded vintage photographs, paints on them and turns them into portraits of pop culture icons like Batman, Superman, Electra, Wonder Woman, Super Mario and Marge Simpson. These mixed media paintings raise questions about the relevance of history, family and memory in our neo-liberal consumerist world—where fictional characters have far more currency and longevity than familial ties or dead relatives. Gross is best known…