Iconography: paint over gold with sgraffito 

How to paint on gold with the sgraffito technique, using Renaissance painting methods. In this video I show the complete procedure as explained by Cennino Cennini in his famous "The book of art".
You will see a stage in the processing of the panel of the Madonna and Bambino (Mother fof God with child) by Sano di Pietro. The video begins with the execution of Child's dress: egg tempera painting on gold. The graffiti on gold is the subsequent phase; I use an agate stone to remove the egg tempera from the underlying gilding. Finally I explain the importance of protecting gold with varnishing.
I am sure that in this video tutorial will provide you all the informations needed to paint on gold and practice graffiti on gold, typical techniques of Renaissance painting.
00:00 Surface preparation
00:28 Painting on gold
06:24 Graffiti on gold
09:38 Shadows
11:58 Paint recipe
15:35 Protective painting
17:24 Let the paint dry
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