Gold Leaf Gilding for Works of Art on Canvas

Date
January 27, 2018
Time
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location
TALAS, 330 Morgan Avenue
Brooklyn, New York

Instructor:  Charles Douglas

Register:  www.gildingstudio.com;  $275 (includes all materials and use of shop tools)

Explore the various methods of working with genuine gold, white gold, and aluminum leaf on canvas and panels.  The focus is on creating a traditional gold ground, silver ground, and embellishment for painters to incorporate within their own works of art.  Discover the proper use of oil size and other mordants on canvas and other surfaces with hands-on demonstrations in traditional water gilding and gilded bole on paper.   Also suitable for those interested in the oil gilding method of gold and silver leafing!