Nice Pair

Posted by Louis on Dec 30, 2015 in Recent Work | 0 comments

Oil and gold leaf on wooden panel. Panel prepared with two coats of acrylic “gesso.” Ground was then toned with Terra Rosa. Gold leaf was applied to entire panel and oil paint applied over leaf.

Palette and Supplies:

• Cadmium Red Medium
• Naples Yellow
• Yellow Ochre
• Terre Verte
• Phthalo Blue
• Terra Rosa
• Burnt Sienna
• Burnt Umber
• Mars Black
• Flake White
• Galkyd Slow Dry Medium (for the glazes)
• Gamsol Odorless Mineral Spirits
• Barnabas Blattgold 23.75k 85mm gold leaf
• Dux Quick dry gilding size

Panel after toning ground and applying gold leaf:

Finished painting. You can see some of the Terra Rosa ground showing through the imperfections in the gold leaf. The end result actually benefits from the imperfections in the panel and gold leaf, giving the painting an antique effect.