The best part of finishing a painting is the varnishing.
Even when the varnish reveals bits you mismatched because the color sunk between sittings. Like knitting a swatch before starting a sweater that won’t fit you, oiling in so your colors match is for sissies.
I made sure to varnish in the lucky cat hairs - my marks of authenticity. The only realistic art heist crime novel will be cracked by detectives who can identify pet hair, and it will be about 3 paragraphs long. “Unless Fra Filippo Lippi owned a maltipoo in 1469, you will find, sirs, that this is a FORGERY.” The End.
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