Hello, I'm here to learn about this kind of art for support my little girl explore her talent. If I want to add some gold leaf, do I need add some kind of glue or something before it ? Thank you for sharing ! :)
I'm about to try using this with oils by layering modeling paste, then acrylic gesso, then oils on top. I'm painting an abstract so any accidental cracking, etc should still look ok.
I heard it can be used under real gold leaf - to give a more ‘pillow’ look - for example if you are making a calligraphy letter and want to cover it with gold leaf but want it standing proud of the paper or vellum - use this first (purists would use home made gesso) and then the size for sticking and then the gold leaf. But as gold leaf is SO thin I wonder if this paste has any grittiness to it - that would show through the gold leaf - but I guess one could sand it - but it might be a small letter one is gilding so hard to get at with sand paper after the paste dries. ( use 1,000 girt paper - get at Lee Valley)
it's 4 years later, I find this video and within the first 3.5 seconds I'm like "Thumbs Up!". Good choice in music my friend ;) And thank you for the post!