Since the advent of photography, the popularity of hand drawn or painted portraits has slowly dwindled. They are considered old fashioned or a novelty and have been phased out in most of our homes. A few weeks ago, however, a client brought in a pastel portrait of his brother that was drawn at Pacific Ocean Park in Santa Monica in 1961, the subject was 9 years old at the time. The glass in the frame had been broken and had damaged part of the drawing. Pictured: Before shot of the pastel portrait removed from its frame. The portrait had a tear through the upper left corner. In addition there was some discoloration due to oxidation visible throughout the background. The mat board had protected the areas that were still grey, the original paper color, but the rest of the paper had oxidized. The condition of the paper was a factor that we had to take into account during the mounting and restoration processes. Pictured: Tear in the uppe...