how to painting an angel using gold leaf and egg tempera

this gallery of images is designed to be viewed as the step by step illustrations of technique 2
  • Preparing the panel
  • gesso
  • drawing and incising
  • applying the bole
  • gilding
  • tamping down the gold
  • burnishing the gold
  • stamping and tooling the gold
  • mixing pigments and egg yolk
  • painting the robes
  • painting the wings
  • head and hair
  • painting the face
  • warming the flesh tones
  • highlighting and finishing the face
  • detailed gilding
  • final touches
  • the finished painting