Lecturing

As well as consulting on the subject, Patrick Baty lectures widely on aspects of paint, colour, historic decoration, and conservation issues. Audiences are mainly academic and professional.  He has spoken across the United Kingdom, in Europe, and along the East Coast of the United States. 

In recent years he has supervised several post graduate students at British and European universities.

A NUMBER OF LECTURE TITLES

• How Do We Know What Colours Were Used in the Past ?
• A Brief Introduction to Early House-paints and Their Pigments
• Paint in a Nutshell: An Overview of Traditional Paints
• A Review of the Colours used on Windows, Doors, and Ironwork
• Paint Finishes to Historic Plasterwork
• Painting on Wood: the Methods and Materials of the Housepainter 1700-1850
• Colour on Ornamental & Architectural Ironwork
• Practical Issues in the Repainting of 18th Century Interiors
• Historic Paintwork and the Selection of New Paint
• The Basic Methods of Paint Analysis & Three Projects
• The Analysis and Conservation of Decorated Surfaces
• Commissioning Paint Analysis
• Paint Analysis at the George Frideric Handel House
• Paint Analysis at the Benjamin Franklin House
• Paint Analysis at Newhailes - Interior & Exterior Surfaces
• Paint Issues and the Restoration of the Hampton Court Privy Garden
• Colour in the London Town House 1700 - 1820
• A Brief Introduction to the Pigments in Use by Robert Adam's Painters
• The Late Georgian Interior: Paint Colours of the Regency
• A Brief Overview on the Use of Paint Colour in the Nineteenth Century
• Paint in the Victorian House: Traditions and Materials
• Eltham Palace: Early Twentieth Century Paints
• John Fowler: Inspired by the Past ?
• Historical Colour - Myths and Misconceptions
• Drawing Inspiration From The Past: Historical Paint Colours and their Relevance Today
• Traditional Paints: a Specialist Paint Merchant's View
• From Pig's Blood to Microscopes - Paint at Uppark
• Unravelling "Greek" Thomson's Original Polychromatic Schemes at Holmwood
• The Paint Detective
• The Colourful Past of the Royal Festival Hall
• The King's Beasts: The Heraldic Beasts of King Henry VIII

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