Yeah. A simple option? Try it - will be discouraged.
The first thing I saw in the network - exactly the text that you quoted Eugene. Start. Education must start from scratch. This text - useful information on the very first stage, more precisely at zero. Well, let's start with the basics.
The point is that with these recommendations, we did not go very far from amateur photography in the Louvre or the Hermitage, which I have already written. This method is suitable for small mat work. But try to remove the picture more than a meter in length and a half?
It will be very discouraged.
I am fond of collecting paintings by contemporary Russian and foreign artists. Gradually the hobby developed into something more professional, if judged according to my costs. It took a collection and make a directory site. I tried to shoot first with natural light, but came to the conclusion that the glare from the window is inevitable in the glossy surface of oil paint. Pretty well on the street on a cloudy day, or at a certain position of the sun. But I had to catch the condition. Also, in winter on the street paintings are not we walked. And even in summer wear here and there dozens of small and large works - inconvenient and even dangerous.
After the first experiments, I came to the conclusion that it is necessary first to resolve the issue to light. I bought a set of pulsed light studio Raylab of 200 J, complete with a 60x60 softbox and also picked up a white umbrella at the reflection of 110 cm can buy something else, but this set was one of the most inexpensive, also sold in the photo- store near my house. Very successful acquisition was a tripod Manfrotto 055XPROB, who can quickly and reliably to have a vertical rack parallel to the ground at a distance from the central axis of the tripod. Often, that's more convenient to rent small paintings or drawings - putting them on the floor, rather than installing on an easel.
But ....
Experiments with pulse bursts showed that despite the softbox, large patches remain. I am this way and tried to arrange the light, but realized that I had to learn. Before creating this theme, I prolopatil photoforum all, search engines and leafed through books. But he found nothing to the point, except everywhere repeated advice to "dummies" as a "soap box" to remove the picture.