Elderly woman destroys 19th-century fresco with DIY restoration

[Telmar]

May God forgive me. I loled.



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/a...storation.html

[pocoloco]

Only from 19th century, no worries there

[wagon]

Well, that's a fail.

[Whiskey Tango Foxtrot]

lol I could have done better in MS paint......

[Ballistic]

Tragic. What a stupid b!tch.

The amateur restorer said she had undertaken the project "with good intentions" but, as culture councillor Juan Maria de Ojeda said, "she had gotten out of hand".

Unfortunately, your good intentions don't gift you skill with a paint brush.

[lightfire]

At first I thought it would be this:

[Silent Reader]

At first I thought it would be this:

well it's close

[Slinky]

LMAO those eyes, i mean how can you even f0ck up that big

[Xaito]

ahahahaha is this for real?

[SBL]

That is hysterical! hahaha!

[Sandgroper]

At first I thought it would be this:

My first thoughts exactly. I still laugh whenever I see/hear a mention of Whistler's Mother.

[Ozzy[NO]]

Well, you all know what the saying is;

"The road to a bad painting is paved with good intentions."

...or something like that.

[California Joe]

Horrible. Just horrible.

[pocoloco]

Well, you all know what the saying is;

"The road to a bad painting is paved with good intentions."

...or something like that.

Like my friend commented this news:

The road to hell is paved with wanna-be and hobbyist artists.

[Chairborne Ranger]

That was a laughably bad "restoration".

The road to hell is paved with wanna-be and hobbyist artists.

Quite right.