But when the Perugians wanted to remove the screen, Buonamico said that they must let it remain for two days longer, because he wished to retouch some things a secco, and this was done.
"The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors & Architects, Volume 1 (of 8)"
Giorgio Vasari
It was his habit to touch and retouch his work until it grew under his more practiced hand into a shape that satisfied his fastidious taste.
"Brief History of English and American Literature"
Henry A. Beers
Another difficulty in the way of those who write of their childhood is that unconscious artistry will steal or sneak in to erase unseemly lines and blots, to retouch, and colour, and shade and falsify the picture.
"Far Away and Long Ago"
W. H. Hudson